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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Beetle man of India

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu’s V Sharan has turned a childhood fascination into a mission to protect one of nature’s most elusive predators — tiger beetles. “I stumbled upon my first tiger beetle in 2014,” Sharan recalls, his passion evident. That moment changed everything for me.” That ‘blur’ turned out to be a Yellow-shouldered tiger beetle, one of India’s lesser-known treasures. While …

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54 years, 11 months ago

Giant cyborg cockroaches could be the search and rescue workers of the future

CNN

CNN — The patient is submerged in an ice bath as an anesthetic for its impending surgery. “We see a future where after an urban disaster like an earthquake or a bombing, where humans can’t safely access the disaster site, being able to send in a bunch of cyborg beetles to navigate the disaster zone quickly and efficiently,” he says. …

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1 month ago

Searching for tiny dung beetles that clean the vast forest floor

NPR

Searching for tiny dung beetles that clean the vast forest floor toggle caption STEVEN_KING/STEVEN_KING, Clark University On an unseasonably warm fall morning in early November, Erin McCullough strides through Hadwen Arboretum — a small patch of woodland in Worcester in central Massachusetts. "Dung beetles are nature's cleanup crew," McCullough says. Dung beetles, she says, "are maybe a little less charismatic …

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1 month ago

Five animals that behave differently in moonlight

Raw Story

Once every spring, a few days after the full moon, corals of the great barrier reef release eggs and sperm simultaneously – a phenomenon so spectacular it can be seen from space. During a full moon, nightjars extended their foraging time into the night, probably enabling them to catch more insects in the moonlight. When the Sun and its polarisation …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

The noisome economics of dung beetles

Live Mint

THE ENGLISH colonists who brought cattle to Australia in 1788 soon faced a malodorous problem. It took almost two centuries for the explanation to emerge: Australian dung beetles, more used to marsupial droppings than those from cattle, left the deposits where they lay. It was only when European dung beetles were introduced to the country in 1968 that the Australian …

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4 months ago

Penises come in all shapes and sizes. Here's the science behind some of the animal kingdom's weirdest

ABC

A lot of reproduction in the natural world happens via "internal insemination", and most is done with a penis. "In essence, the end of their penis is acting like two completely separate penises," Dr Fenelon says. When it's time to mate with a queen bee, which takes a few seconds and is done mid-flight, the drone contracts abdominal muscles that …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Food ingredients infested with black beetles found in JNTU Sultanpur

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Telangana Food Safety department officials inspected the JNTU Sultanpur in Sangareddy district and found 15 kgs maida flour infested with black beetles. Around 25 kgs of fungal infested vegetables were also identified apart from unhygienic conditions with rodents and excessive presence of rat excreta in the storeroom. Kitchen, wash and dining areas were also found to be in unhygienic …

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6 months ago

A Mexico City neighborhood keeps the iconic Volkswagen Beetle alive

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Janette Navarro’s 1996 Volkswagen …

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6 months ago

Volkswagen Beetle: How Mexico is keeping alive the legacy of one of the world's most beloved cars

ABC

In short: This week car enthusiasts celebrated Volkswagen Beetle Day, an annual celebration of one of the most popular vehicles ever built. This week car enthusiasts celebrated Volkswagen Beetle Day, an annual celebration of one of the most popular vehicles ever built. Founder of luxury automaker Porsche, Ferdinand Porsche, proposed to Adolf Hitler the idea of a "people's car" in …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

ACT farmers encouraged to introduce dung beetles in pastures to improve soil quality, reduce fly numbers and save money

ABC

Decades ago, it wasn't possible to sit outside a Canberra cafe on the footpath and enjoy a bite to eat without your meal being overtaken by unwelcome diners. Mr Feehan, a dung beetle expert, said using the beetles as a biological resource in pasture land was both effective for improving soil quality and cheaper in the long run for farmers …

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7 months ago

Late bush fly surge frustrates tourists and residents across Western Australia's Gascoyne

ABC

In short: An outbreak of bush flies has spread through WA's Midwest, Gascoyne, and Pilbara regions. "As a kid, I don't remember it being hot and I don't remember the flies," Mr Walker said. Flies, cattle, and dung beetles Tanya Latty, an entomologist from the University of Sydney, said the recent warm and wet conditions were behind the bush fly …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Woman stopped at Guangzhou's airport for trying to smuggle in 'alien' beetle species

Hindustan Times

At Guangzhou's Baiyun International Airport in the Guangdong province, a woman was apprehended after attempting to smuggle insects into China. Later, the General Administration of Customs in China reported that the X-ray machine detected multiple irregularities within her suitcase, as per reports. The news outlet also informed that a total of 11 types of beetles were captured, including the high …

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9 months ago

Punk beetle's chance discovery in Lamington National Park almost disregarded as bird poo

ABC

In short: University of Queensland researcher James Tweed stumbled upon a new species of longhorn beetle while camping in Lamington National Park in Queensland's Gold Coast hinterland. University of Queensland researcher James Tweed stumbled upon a new species of longhorn beetle while camping in Lamington National Park in Queensland's Gold Coast hinterland. The insect, which measures less a centimetre in …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Farmers set up dung beetle breeding stations for easy access to the super bug all year round

ABC

Dung beetles could be the best pound-for-pound farm workers in the world. Key points: Farmers on WA's south coast have been setting up their own on-farm dung beetle nurseries Dung beetles are known to have multiple environmental benefits Farmers expect to save thousands on input costs by building dung beetle populations The beetles provide more than just manure management — …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims

LA Times

A firefighter sets a back fire as the York fire burns in Mojave National Preserve on July 30. “We’ve long known that the trends to anticipate in the 21st century are extended droughts and more active fire regimes, and these types of disturbances are having profound effects on forests statewide,” said Ryan Tompkins, forest and natural resources advisor at the …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Bark beetles are eating through Germany’s Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse

Associated Press

CLAUSTHAL-ZELLERFELD, Germany — Nestled in the spruce trees in the Harz mountains of northern Germany is a bark-eating pest not much bigger than a sesame seed. Ranger Marion Petrik holds spruce bark beetles during a bark beetle monitoring at the Lower-Saxony state forests in a forest of the Harz mountains near Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Spruce bark beetles …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Rove beetle species, endemic to Western Ghats, ‘rediscovered’ after 120 years

The Hindu

A species belonging to a family of rove beetles and endemic to the Western Ghats, was recorded again after more than 120 years near Udhagamandalam. The paper is titled “Rediscovery of Menoedius andrewesi FAUVEL, 1903 in India, more than a century after its description.” Speaking to The Hindu, Samson Arockianathan, one of the authors of the paper said there had …

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2 years ago

Gippsland farmers get their hands dirty to manage dung

ABC

A masterclass on dung beetle farming has caused a stir among a group of East Gippsland farmers, who are embracing the chance to learn how to trap dung beetles and build the nurseries needed to breed them to deal with excess farm manure. Key points: Dung beetles clear grazing pastures of dung, incorporating nutrients and helping water permeate the soil …

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2 years ago

Could this be the year we solve the mystery of the disappearing Christmas beetle?

ABC

Where have all the Christmas beetles gone? News reports in 1922 describe tree branches bending under the weight of beetle hordes at Christmas, and drowning in Sydney Harbour, but the population drop since is yet to be fully tracked — until now. "We don't really know what normal is anymore," Tanya Latty, an entomologist from the School of Life and …

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2 years ago

Bubas bison dung beetles help Lucindale cattle farmer in more ways than one

ABC

It took 11 years before Hamish Macdonald started noticing a serious change at his South Australian farm after investing in dung beetles. Key points: A farmer invested thousands of dollars in dung beetles for his cattle farm The beetles are winter-active Bubas bison beetles that help with recycling nutrients in soil The farmer says the benefits of dung beetles are …

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2 years ago

Explained: How climate change amplifies the threat posed by a forest-eating bug

Firstpost

With chunks of bark peeling off and needles falling from dying branches, the spruce bark beetle, which is spreading further north with climate change, is killing more and more trees deep in the Finnish woods Helsinki: Deep in the Finnish woods, the moss and blueberry shrubs hide a deadly threat to the boreal forests that are as important to the …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Hard-working Colombian beetles clean garbage, retire as pets

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Three yellow-and-black beetles clung to …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Editorial: Climate change is killing California’s iconic trees

LA Times

Firefighters and forest ecologists are again scrambling to save ancient giant sequoia trees from the threat posed by increasingly fast, powerful and destructive wildfires that have raged through California in recent years. So far, Methuselah, a 4,853-year-old bristlecone pine that may be the oldest living tree on Earth, has remained free of bark beetles, Times reporter Louis Sahagun wrote last …

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2 years, 5 months ago

California drought, bark beetles killing the oldest trees on Earth. Can they be saved?

LA Times

Forest pathologist Martin MacKenzie strode forward on a narrow path through California’s mythic bristlecone pine forest in the White Mountains near the Nevada border, methodically scanning gnarled limbs for the invaders that threaten the lives of some of the world’s oldest trees. In the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, U.S. Forest Service pathologist Martin MacKenzie checks on trees with ecologist Michele …

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Beetle man of India

Giant cyborg cockroaches could be the search and rescue workers of the future

Searching for tiny dung beetles that clean the vast forest floor

Five animals that behave differently in moonlight

The noisome economics of dung beetles

Penises come in all shapes and sizes. Here's the science behind some of the animal kingdom's weirdest

Food ingredients infested with black beetles found in JNTU Sultanpur

A Mexico City neighborhood keeps the iconic Volkswagen Beetle alive

Volkswagen Beetle: How Mexico is keeping alive the legacy of one of the world's most beloved cars

ACT farmers encouraged to introduce dung beetles in pastures to improve soil quality, reduce fly numbers and save money

Late bush fly surge frustrates tourists and residents across Western Australia's Gascoyne

Woman stopped at Guangzhou's airport for trying to smuggle in 'alien' beetle species

Punk beetle's chance discovery in Lamington National Park almost disregarded as bird poo

Farmers set up dung beetle breeding stations for easy access to the super bug all year round

Millions of California trees are dying; Joshua trees are just the latest victims

Bark beetles are eating through Germany’s Harz forest. Climate change is making matters worse

Rove beetle species, endemic to Western Ghats, ‘rediscovered’ after 120 years

Gippsland farmers get their hands dirty to manage dung

Could this be the year we solve the mystery of the disappearing Christmas beetle?

Bubas bison dung beetles help Lucindale cattle farmer in more ways than one

Explained: How climate change amplifies the threat posed by a forest-eating bug

Hard-working Colombian beetles clean garbage, retire as pets

Editorial: Climate change is killing California’s iconic trees

California drought, bark beetles killing the oldest trees on Earth. Can they be saved?