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Life

Is life on Earth really at risk? The truth about the extinction crisis

Earth’s biodiversity isn’t just beautiful, it ensures human survival. But to protect nature’s bounty we first need to know exactly how we’re harming it

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Female velvet ants are so scary no other animal dares eat them

Life

Female velvet ants are so scary no other animal dares eat them

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bee

Life

Bees aren't just smart, they're sensitive too

Features

Scientists turned a car into a giant flytrap to count insects

Life

Scientists turned a car into a giant flytrap to count insects

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stag beetles

Life

Fighting with a fifth of your body weight on your head

Regulars

Flying beetle cyborgs guided with tiny battery-powered backpacks

Technology

Flying beetle cyborgs guided with tiny battery-powered backpacks

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People in bee costumes hold signs such as

Life

To save the insect world we must go way beyond neonicotinoid ban

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The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides

Earth

The European Union has decided to ban bee-killing pesticides

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Dragonfly wing

Physics

Superlight aerogel made by mimicking a baby dragonfly’s wings

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Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

Life

Ants build a medieval ‘torture rack’ to catch grasshoppers

A species of tropical ant builds traps on tree trunks that allow them to catch prey almost fifty times their size, by biting their legs and spread-eagling them on the tree surface

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Life

Male fruit flies feel pleasure when they ejaculate

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Life

Flies cool themselves down by constantly blowing bubbles of spit

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Life

Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food

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Technology

Waggle-dancing robot tells bees where to look for food

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