7 Tips To Improve Your Macro Photography
French photographer Emilie Talpin did not pick up her first camera until 2018 but within just a few years, she became both an OM SYSTEM Ambassador and a highly respected …
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Scientists Took 11,000 Photos of Ants’ Faces to Reveal Secrets of Survival
Scientists took over 11,000 photos of ants to reveal how the different patterns and textures on their faces could be the secret behind their survival as a species. Entomologist Clint …
Cicadas Are So Loud, Fiber Optic Cables Can ‘Hear’ Them
One of the world’s most peculiar test beds stretches above Princeton, New Jersey. It’s a fiber optic cable strung between three utility poles that then runs underground before feeding into …
Bedbugs are making France anxious ahead of the 2024 Summer Olympics
PARIS — They creep, they crawl, they feast on your blood as you sleep. They may travel in your clothes or backpacks to find another person worth dining on — …
France is bitten by a fear of bedbugs as it prepares to host Summer Olympics
PARIS — They creep, they crawl, they feast on your blood as you sleep. They may travel in your clothes or backpacks to find another person worth dining on — …
How Insect Brains Melt and Rewire During Metamorphosis
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. On warm summer nights, green lacewings flutter around bright lanterns in backyards and at campsites. The insects, with their veil-like …
Special mosquitoes are being bred to fight dengue. How the old enemies are now becoming allies
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more …
Mosquitoes, long the enemy, are now bred to help prevent the spread of dengue fever
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more …
Bee-killing mite’s rapid spread could cost Australia billions
A deadly parasite that’s ravaged bee populations across the world has made deeper inroads into Australia, setting up the nation for an expensive fight to protect its honey and horticultural …
Spraying planned after fruit fly, West Nile discoveries
SANTA CLARA COUNTY — Officials planned two new rounds of pest-control efforgts after finding more West Nile virus-infected mosquitoes in San Jose and the discovery of fruit flies that carry …