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Invasive “Tree Of Heaven” Unleashes Hell As “Double Invasion” Sweeps Across VirginiaSpotted lanternflies on a “tree of heaven”

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Invasive “Tree Of Heaven” Unleashes Hell As “Double Invasion” Sweeps Across VirginiaSpotted lanternflies on a “tree of heaven”
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Invasive “Tree Of Heaven” Unleashes Hell As “Double Invasion” Sweeps Across Virginia

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Only One Place On Earth Now Remains Mosquito-Free As Iceland Records First-Ever SightingClose up of a mosquito with stripy legs and long feathered antenna

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Only One Place On Earth Now Remains Mosquito-Free As Iceland Records First-Ever SightingClose up of a mosquito with stripy legs and long feathered antenna
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Only One Place On Earth Now Remains Mosquito-Free As Iceland Records First-Ever Sighting

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Deathwatch Beetles: Bad Omens In The Night? Nope, They’re Just HornyThe death watch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum

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Deathwatch Beetles: Bad Omens In The Night? Nope, They’re Just HornyThe death watch beetle, Xestobium rufovillosum
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Deathwatch Beetles: Bad Omens In The Night? Nope, They’re Just Horny

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Xerces Blue Butterfly: America's First Human-Caused Insect ExtinctionThe 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly specimen used to confirm the extinction in 2021.

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Xerces Blue Butterfly: America's First Human-Caused Insect ExtinctionThe 93-year-old Xerces blue butterfly specimen used to confirm the extinction in 2021.
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Xerces Blue Butterfly: America's First Human-Caused Insect Extinction

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This Plant Is The Only One We Know Of That Pretends To Be An Ant To Lure In PollinatorsVincetoxicum nakaianum flowering in the natural habitat

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This Plant Is The Only One We Know Of That Pretends To Be An Ant To Lure In PollinatorsVincetoxicum nakaianum flowering in the natural habitat
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This Plant Is The Only One We Know Of That Pretends To Be An Ant To Lure In Pollinators

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Ants Have Taken Over Most Of The World – Except For A Few PlacesSilhouette of an ant holding up the Earth

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Ants Have Taken Over Most Of The World – Except For A Few PlacesSilhouette of an ant holding up the Earth
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Ants Have Taken Over Most Of The World – Except For A Few Places

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The Secret To Saving Bees Might Be... Yeast?macro shot of honey bee that has landed on a yellow flower from the gray nickerbean plant

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The Secret To Saving Bees Might Be... Yeast?macro shot of honey bee that has landed on a yellow flower from the gray nickerbean plant
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The Secret To Saving Bees Might Be... Yeast?

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“Spectacular” New Species Of 40cm Giant Stick Insect May Be Australia’s New Heaviest Insectgiant stick insect holding onto a branch at night

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“Spectacular” New Species Of 40cm Giant Stick Insect May Be Australia’s New Heaviest Insectgiant stick insect holding onto a branch at night
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“Spectacular” New Species Of 40cm Giant Stick Insect May Be Australia’s New Heaviest Insect

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Are We Really The Last Generation To Have Fireflies?A photo of a grassy are with a woodland backdrop. The photo was taken at dusk, so the light is low and you can only make out certain aspects of the surrounding area. However, the foreground is filled with yellow dots of fireflies in the grass or taking to the air.

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Are We Really The Last Generation To Have Fireflies?A photo of a grassy are with a woodland backdrop. The photo was taken at dusk, so the light is low and you can only make out certain aspects of the surrounding area. However, the foreground is filled with yellow dots of fireflies in the grass or taking to the air.
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Are We Really The Last Generation To Have Fireflies?

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“I Wasn’t Prepared For The Sheer Number Of Them”: Cave Of Mummified Never-Before-Seen Eyeless Invertebrates Amazes ScientistsA wasp with no eyes and very long curled antenna the body is reddish brown.

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“I Wasn’t Prepared For The Sheer Number Of Them”: Cave Of Mummified Never-Before-Seen Eyeless Invertebrates Amazes ScientistsA wasp with no eyes and very long curled antenna the body is reddish brown.
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“I Wasn’t Prepared For The Sheer Number Of Them”: Cave Of Mummified Never-Before-Seen Eyeless Invertebrates Amazes Scientists

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Australian Moth Is First-Known Invertebrate To Navigate By Stars On Epic 1,000-Kilometer Migrationclose up photograph of a Bogong moth

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Australian Moth Is First-Known Invertebrate To Navigate By Stars On Epic 1,000-Kilometer Migrationclose up photograph of a Bogong moth
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Australian Moth Is First-Known Invertebrate To Navigate By Stars On Epic 1,000-Kilometer Migration

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Scientists Have Given Flies A Taste For Cocaine In Promising Leap For Addiction Modelinga macro shot of a fly's head in front of some white powder that looks like cocaine

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Scientists Have Given Flies A Taste For Cocaine In Promising Leap For Addiction Modelinga macro shot of a fly's head in front of some white powder that looks like cocaine
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Scientists Have Given Flies A Taste For Cocaine In Promising Leap For Addiction Modeling

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Two Of The Most Destructive Termites Got It On, Sparking Hybrid Threat In FloridaAsian subterranean termite mound

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Two Of The Most Destructive Termites Got It On, Sparking Hybrid Threat In FloridaAsian subterranean termite mound
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Two Of The Most Destructive Termites Got It On, Sparking Hybrid Threat In Florida

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Invasive, Venomous Ants Lived Under The Radar In The US For 90 Years – Now They’re SpreadingShiny black ant on a piece of bark

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Invasive, Venomous Ants Lived Under The Radar In The US For 90 Years – Now They’re SpreadingShiny black ant on a piece of bark
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Invasive, Venomous Ants Lived Under The Radar In The US For 90 Years – Now They’re Spreading

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Musical Cyborgs: Scientists Influence Cicadas’ Buzz So They Perform Pachelbel’s Canon In Da cicada wearing two electrodes

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Musical Cyborgs: Scientists Influence Cicadas’ Buzz So They Perform Pachelbel’s Canon In Da cicada wearing two electrodes
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Musical Cyborgs: Scientists Influence Cicadas’ Buzz So They Perform Pachelbel’s Canon In D

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