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The Tsetse Fly, Blood Meals and African Sleeping Sickness
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Get ready to explore one of Africa's most notorious insects: the tsetse fly. These tiny flies may not look like much, but they play a major role in spreading sleeping sickness, aka human African trypanosomiasis (HAT).
How Cicadas Work
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Some cicadas are annual breeders and some show up about every 17 years. They all produce a 'song' that is almost loud enough to damage our ears.
How Bats Work
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Bats are the only mammals that can fly, and they live much of their lives hanging upside down. Learn about bat wings, bats and echolocation, bat caves and bat myths.
Why do 17-year cicadas come out more often than every 17 years?
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Why do 17-year cicadas come out more often than every 17 years? Learn why 17-year cicadas come out more often than every 17 years at HowStuffWorks.
15 Brown Birds You'll Spot in the Northern Hemisphere
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Brown birds are often ground-dwelling, foraging, nesting birds. In Native American cultures, birds are also sometimes seen as messengers between the spirit world and the physical realm, so a brown bird could be seen as bringing a connection to Earth, home, reliability, simplicity and consistency.
The White Butterfly, aka Cabbage White, Loves Leafy Greens
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You’ve seen them in your garden, fluttering like confetti across the kale and broccoli. That pale insect flitting around your vegetables? That white butterfly is most likely Pieris rapae, better known as the cabbage white butterfly.
Billions of Brood X Cicadas Are About to Get Loud
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And we mean really loud. Like up to 100 decibels loud. Get all the buzz on what's making these bug-eyed bugs return.
What are bedbugs?
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Bedbugs are showing up with more frequency in hotels, dorms and apartments across the country. Learn why bedbugs prefer to sleep in your bedroom.
Commensalism: I Benefit, You Don't, but It's All Good
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Commensalism is a form of cooperation among species in which one species benefits from another without the first one suffering any harm from the relationship.
How Houseflies Work
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Though houseflies scavenge and carry disease, houseflies also provide food for the local ecosystem. Learn why houseflies love the great indoors.