01/08/2009
Study: Insects mistake roads for water (UPI)
HICKORY CORNERS, Mich., Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Insects mistake buildings, cars and even roads for water, laying eggs that will never hatch and jeopardizing ecosystems, a U.S. university researcher said.
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01/08/2009
Study: Insects mistake roads for water (Moldova.org)
Insects mistake buildings, cars and even roads for water, laying eggs that will never hatch and jeopardizing ecosystems, a U.S. university researcher said.These ecological traps are caused by polarized light reflecting from windows, asphalt roads -- even plastic sheets and oil spills, Michigan State University research associate Bruce Robertson said.To some species, the light creates an ...
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01/08/2009
Ancient Odor-detecting Mechanism In Insects Discovered (Science Daily)
A newly discovered family of receptors in the fly nose fills in a missing piece of the insect olfactory system -- and also suggests a new role for a class of receptors long believed to be confined to the depths of the brain.
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01/08/2009
Scientists Discover An Ancient Odor-Detecting Mechanism in Insects (PhysOrg)
In 1913 Theodore Roosevelt added cartographer to his resume when he and his crew ventured up an unspeakably dangerous and uncharted tributary named the River of Doubt. Now, on a charting expedition of their own, Rockefeller University scientists have completed a journey that has also defied expectation. In work to be published in the January 9 issue of Cell, the team reports the discovery of a ...
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01/09/2009
'The Unborn': Scares come with laughter (Rocky Mountain News)
Odette Yustman runs around in tight jeans, tank tops and boy shorts as Casey Beldon, a young woman being haunted by startling dreams, then a weird neighborhood boy, then hallucinatory images of insects and finally a full-blown spiritual attack.
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01/05/2009
Insects Used to Color Food Must Be Disclosed in U.S. (Update1) (Bloomberg)
Jan. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Color additives made from insects will have to be disclosed on food and cosmetics labels by 2011 because of the possibility of allergic reactions, U.S. regulators said.
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01/09/2009
Dark buildings, vehicles, roads act as 'ecological traps' for organisms (New Kerala)
Washington, Jan 8 : Insects and other creatures can mistake smooth, dark buildings, vehicles and even roads for water, which act as 'ecological traps' that jeopardize animal populations and fragile ecosystems, according to a researcher at Michigan State University.
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01/08/2009
Every animal counts - zoos begin their annual stock-take (BBC News)
Zookeepers across Britain are counting every one of their animals and insects as part of a huge new year stock-take.
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01/08/2009
Stonefly Search volunteers needed (Detroit News)
DEARBORN -- Friends of the Rouge is recruiting volunteers for its annual Winter Stonefly Search, slated for 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Jan. 24, at the University of Michigan-Dearborn's Environmental Interpretive Center, 4901 Evergreen Road. Stoneflies are small insects that live in healthy creeks and rivers and hatch out in winter. Friends of the Rouge volunteers look for them every winter because their ...
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01/08/2009
Stay In: The bug man cometh (BusinessWorld Online)
TV SHOW Buggin' with Ruud Animal Planet Entomologist Ruud Kleinpaste and some of his friends Insects are the most diverse group of animals on earth, with over a million described species around the world. They may be found in nearly all environments, potentially representing over 90% of the different life forms on the planet.
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