Topic: Insects
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What kind of an eater are you?
From locavores to femivores, to fast food junkies and punk domestics, here are 11 labels for every kind of person at the dinner table.
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12 St. Patrick's Day recipes
Use this recipe list to find some Irish inspiration for Saint Patrick's Day.
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Dr. Seuss: 25 quotes on his birthday
Here are 25 quotes from everyone's favorite subversive rhyming children's author.
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3 new novels about young people on a mission
Characters wonder if they're the right ones for the job in these talked-about new novels.
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Six car maintenance tips for teens
Many teens know little or nothing about the basics of auto repair, an AutoMD.com survey finds. Since preventative car maintenance is important for safety, here are easy do-it-yourself auto repair and care tips for teens – and their parents:
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A new effort to preserve Iraq's rich biodiversity, from mountains to marshes
As an international conference noted this week, the world's biodiversity is threatened. Iraq is no exception – but before anything can be done, it needs Iraqis who understand the problems.
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Milkweed: Not just for monarch butterflies
Milkweed is best known for its usefulness to monarch butterflies, but it's a good plant for gardeners, too.
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The unmatched fragrance of tea olive
If you're looking for a fragrant shrub and live in a warm climate, consider tea olive (Osmanthus fragrans). Its sweet smell is unmatched.
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Honey bees collapse caused by combination of virus and fungus, study reports
Honey bees are being done in by a pair of pathogens – a virus and a fungus – a new study has found.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 10/05
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Monarch butterflies migration headed towards Mexico
Monarch butterflies migration from the John Ball Park Zoo to Mexico is for one family the culmination of a season of raising several generations of Monarch butterflies.
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Stink bugs expected to invade W.Va. homes this fall
Stink bugs aren't harmful to human health, but they can give off an unpleasant odor.
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The Monitor's View: Frankenfish -- genetically modified salmon -- take food and ecology to a new level
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) appears close to approving the 'frankenfish' salmon. That raises all sorts of questions.
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Five things I won't miss about summer
Mums remind a gardener of five things about summer she won't miss.
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Jiminy! Cricket farms in US face crisis
Virus that wiped out cricket farms in Europe has American cricket-keepers worried. Zoos, theme parks, and reptile owners rely on the industry.
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Is booming Germany caught in an ant trap?
Worker-ant countries like Germany are said to be caught in a proverbial trap where they can thrive only if indebted nations buy what they produce. But is that true?
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In Pictures: Space photos of the day 08/16
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Aphids in your garden? Try warm goat breath.
The aphid has an amazing capacity to sense a goat breathing down its neck, a feat that is all the more impressive considering that aphids don't even have necks.
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Amazon River, from start to finish, walked by former British Army officer
Amazon River runs from Peru to Brazil's Atlantic coast. Ed Stafford walked its entire length in two and a half years.
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Drum players besiege Irish island
Every summer, the small Irish island of Inis Óirr is invaded with drum players from all over the world who want to learn how to play the traditional Bodhrán.
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 08/03
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Photos of the Day: Photos of the Day 07/15
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Voracious tree-eating beetles invade Italy
The relatively large red palm weevil of Asia arrived in southern Italy about five years ago. Conservationists are calling the tree-eating beetle infestation a national emergency.
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Perspectives
A poem.
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Corpse flower: Putrid-smelling giant flower blooms in Michigan
Corpse flower: Amorphophallus titanum, a five-foot tall, foul-smelling plant native to Sumatra, bloomed Friday for the first time in 15 years at Michigan State University.
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The bedbug can breathe easy in Ohio; Feds won't OK bedbug killer
The bedbug might be dodging a bullet. The federal government has denied a request to use industrial pesticides to kill bedbugs.
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Alien species could damage Antarctic ecosystems
Alien species, like the chironomid midge, can thrive in icy Antarctic climates and could damage the environment if they were to expand.
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Peering into the honeybee's world of elegant order
Clad in protective gear, they inspect the beehive's frames for honey production and witness the sweet life of honeybees.
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Cockroaches appear to use collective decision-making, prefer to dine together
The pesky critters cluster and remain feeding on one lump of food even if another morsel exists nearby.
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Archaeologists discover beehives from ancient Israel
Archaeologists discover beehives from ancient Israel 3,000 years ago. They appear to be the oldest evidence for beekeeping ever found, scientists reported.
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