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Bug-Eating Ladies Speak Out for Insect Cuisine

You never forget the first bug you eat. In fact, it seems just like yesterday to Daniella Martin. "It was 10 years ago when I was getting my anthropology degree and studying pre-Columbian food in the Yucatan region of Mexico," Martin reminisced to AOL News. Back before Christopher Columbus' arrival, the amount of big...

The Week in Weird (Supermodel Skyscraper Edition)

With another week behind us, we've seen dozens of bizarre news stories come and go. And there really have been some weird ones, ranging from 6-foot-8 supermodels and women who have orgasms every time they eat sweets to bee cops and skull cups. If you think you're on top of all the weird news out there, jump ahead and take...

Study: US Bumblebee Population in Sharp Decline

The population of bumblebees in the United States is in a kind of free fall, dropping 96 percent over the past two decades, according to a new study that has scientists alarmed. Four species of bumblebees are in a rapid decline, possibly because of increased fungal infections and inbreeding. Researchers called the...

Birds, Bees and Fish: Why Are So Many Creatures Dying in 2011?

Maybe the Mayan 2012 doomsday predictions were off by a year. More than likely the timing is just a coincidence, but after 100,000 fish turned up in a massive fish kill on Thursday, approximately 4,000 birds dropped dead from the sky just before midnight on New Year's Eve, and a new report declared that 96 percent of four...

Kids' Bumblebee Study Creates Buzz in Science Journal

A study published in the prominent British science journal Biology Letters has discovered that bumblebees "can use a combination of color and spatial relationships in deciding which color of flower to forage from." And also, that "science is cool and fun because you get to do stuff that no one has ever done before." Those...

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Pine Beetles Contributing To Forest Smog, Study Shows

Anyone who has seen the damage caused by the mountain pine beetle infestation, which has devastated millions of hectares of forest in B.C., Alberta and parts of the U.S., doesn't need any more evidence of the destructive powers of this pest.

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THIS Could Keep Away Bed Bugs?!

The common bed bug mainly survives on human blood, but what happens when that human has upped his or her blood alcohol content with a few glasses of a nice red wine?

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Daily iPhone App: Bee Leader

Bee Leader is one of the most charming iPhone games I've come across in a long time.

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Fragrant Mosquito Repellants? Scientists Aim To Confuse Skeeters With Mint, Chocolate-Like Compounds

You can slather on the DEET and light citronella candles this summer, but you still divulge your location to hungry mosquitos just by breathing.

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Plan Bee: Bumblebee That 'Vanished' 24 Years Ago To Come Back

A bumblebee which vanished from the English countryside almost a quarter of a century ago has been reintroduced.

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06/02/12 'Feeling 10,000 bees fly past you is so cool' Source: PennLive.com When Covenant Christian Academy's 10th-grade biology class set up two beehives, student Anna Winters volunteered to take photos, even though there weren't enough veils to go around.
06/02/12 It IS Our Bee's Wax. Source: Eureka Springs Lovely County Citizen - Eureka Springs AR The American honey bee is now dying of another illness which may be the culprit causing Bee Colony Collapse.
06/02/12 What insect societies tell us about cells Source: Vietnam Tribune THEY fight, punish, reward and coerce their friends.
06/02/12 Where have all the hummingbirds gone? Source: YubaNet.com - Nevada City CA The glacier lily as it's called, is a tall, willowy plant that graces mountain meadows throughout western North America.
06/02/12 Larsen gives Bees their sting Source: Sky Sports News Danish ace Kenni Larsen claimed his first ever top-flight maximum as he helped Coventry Bees to a 52-41 win over Lakeside Hammers in their KO Cup quarter-final first leg clash at Brandon.

Background on entomology

Entomology (from Greek , entomos, "that which is cut in pieces or engraved/segmented", hence "insect"; and , ) is the scientific study of insects, a branch of arthropodology, which in turn is a branch of biology.

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