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Nine years after the 2012 High Park Fire burned a stand of lodgepole pine that had been severely affected by the mountain pine beetle, lodgepole and aspen saplings were rebounding on this slope in the Arapaho and Roosevelt National Forests. A CSU-led study has found that forests are not regenerating fast enough to keep pace with climate change, wildfire, insects and disease. Photo by Katie Nigro, September 2021

Trees might need our help to survive climate change

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

Composite image of a globular springtail jumping. Credit Adrian Smith

Tiny Backyard Bug Performs World’s Fastest Backflips

Categories Life & Non-humans, Physics & Mathematics

Peacock butterfly

Butterflies accumulate enough static electricity to attract pollen without contact

Categories Life & Non-humans, Physics & Mathematics

A mei-P26 mutant Drosophila melanogaster ovariole infected with wMel bacterial symbionts. DNA is stained in red, anti-Vasa protein is stained blue, and anti-Hu-li tai shao ring canal protein is stained cyan.

Bacteria can enhance host insect’s fertility

Categories Health

Black soldier flies are a good source of chemicals to make bioplastics.

Making degradable plastic from dead flies

Categories Earth, Energy & Environment, Life & Non-humans

Photo credit: Michael L. Smith

Bees and Wasps Independently Invent Ingenious Nest-Building Solutions

Categories Life & Non-humans

Farmer ants and drama-prone wasps in spotlight for their climate adaptation

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Moths in a case

Blossom at Night: Science Poetry Friday

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Facing external threats, bees may get help from internal organisms

Categories Bloggers

Bee flying mid-air

Buzzworthy Research Suggests Insect Brains May Help Us Understand Our Own

Categories Brain & Behavior, Life & Non-humans

Sea skater Taken in the Zoologische Staatssammlung München Halobates keyanus; Eschscholtz, 1822; Meerwasserläufer

Insects Shun Sea Life, Prefer Land’s Oxygen Buffet

Categories Life & Non-humans

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Cities of tomorrow: young Poles share vision for smarter, greener living
On the City of Fresno’s laudable waste-handling programs
Serving California’s PG&E, world’s first ultra-long duration hybrid green hydrogen energy storage microgrid moves forward
Truing the Sun
Hidden hunger in Europe: well fed yet undernourished
Where curiosity meets innovation: EU science fair in Belgium dazzles young minds
Spiralling weather and climate impacts documented in WMO report

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