Insects
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‘We’ve been eating it for more than 100 years’: how one community turns stink bug infestations into lunch
In India’s Mizoram state, people have an intricate system of harvesting and consuming the pungent and nutritio…
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South Korea suffering from ‘lovebug’ swarm explosion – video
Seoul residents are grappling with an invasion of 'lovebugs' that have swarmed hiking trails and urban areas a…
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Seoul wrestles with how to handle invasion of ‘lovebugs’
Swarms in South Korean capital trigger heated debate over pest control as experts say rising temperatures part…
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Philippines officials offer cash for mosquitoes amid rise in dengue cases
People in village near the capital line up with their haul, where a mosquito zapper and some pesos awaitVillag…
- Animals, Conservation, Culture, Documentary films, Environment, Film, India, Insects, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Nocturnes review – entrancing film on how to study moths by night in the Himalayas
Sparse and precise, this meditative film immerses the viewer in the world of lepidopterist Mansi Mungee and he…
- Bangladesh, Climate crisis, Environment, Extreme weather, Global development, Global health, Health, Insects, Society, South and Central Asia, World news
Bangladesh’s worst dengue epidemic on record puts hospitals under strain
Mosquito-borne disease once largely limited to Dhaka spreads countrywide as climate change fuels fivefold incr…
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South Korea launches campaign to squash bedbugs after outbreak takes hold
Bedbugs were almost eradicated via nationwide campaign in 1960s but thanks to lifting of travel restrictions a…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Biodiversity, Biology, Conservation, Environment, Genetics, India, Insects, Philippines, Science, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Seven new ‘walking leaf’ insect species discovered
Researchers used genetic analysis to identify species that cannot be distinguished by appearance aloneSeven ne…
- Afghanistan, Agriculture, Animals, Environment, Global development, Insects, Locust invasions, South and Central Asia, Wildlife, World news
Locust outbreak in Afghanistan’s ‘breadbasket’ threatens wheat harvest
With 20m people at the highest risk of famine for 25 years, farmers are desperately trying to kill the pests b…
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‘They’re so sneaky’: New Zealand homeowners battle plague of smelly cluster flies
Changing climate means infestations of pesky insects could become more common, experts sayThey smell like swee…
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‘An ecological miracle’: Taiwan’s fireflies are flirting in the dark again
Excited visitors take part in nightly tours after conservationists reintroduce speciesThe nature guides are wa…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Climate crisis, Conservation, Endangered habitats, Endangered species, Environment, Insects, New Zealand, Wildlife
Six new wētā species found in New Zealand, as their habitat slowly disappears
Global heating speeding up their decline as terrain of newly discovered alpine species disappears Six new alpi…
- Animals, Asia Pacific, Conservation, Endangered species, Environment, Insects, New Zealand, Wildlife, World news
‘Delightfully horrific’: wētā motels proliferate as New Zealand falls in love with the giant insect
Small man-made homes for the endangered wētā, which can weigh as much as a sparrow, are popping up in gardens …
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Hemiandrus jacinda: insect named after New Zealand prime minister
New species of wētā, a giant flightless cricket, is seen as ‘reflecting traits’ of Jacinda ArdernNew Zealand’s…
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A taste of honey: how bees mend fences between farmers and elephants
A pioneering method from Africa that protects farms from forest herds is now paying off in India, with more pr…