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Stories about: insect

More: << previous 50 If It's Cold, I Squeeze Myself When you can, you flee out from the winter cold to some more welcoming places like Hawaii and Caribbean. Birds do it, some bats, mammals, and insects go to warmer zones during the winter. Many mammals hibernate, but what about the many cold-blooded animals, like arthropods (insects, spiders and crustaceans) or frogs?... 4 April 2007 08:20 GMT New Class of Pesticides from Worms' Gut Bacteria Nematode worms are tinny but they can infect and kill insect pests using a toxin synthesized by a bacteria from their guts on the dead body of the insect. After that, the worms feed on the dead insects. A team at the University of Warwick has found how the toxic protein behaves like a cunningly designed poison pill b... 12 March 2007 12:47 GMT I Barf on You We can be s**t scared. But others might not be. On the contrary, when spooked they barf. And announce you of it with an introductory belch. Some caterpillars will be distasteful for their predators, when they puke a foul brown fluid, after giving a warning. Neuroethologist Jayne Yack at Carleton University in Ottawa ... 2 March 2007 04:38 GMT More: << previous 50