Cicadas are back—and this time it’s the ‘mother of all broods’
The eastern U.S. is about to be inundated with trillions of Brood XIV periodical cicadas—which were first documented by the ...
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GAF-dependent chromatin plasticity determines promoter usage to mediate locust gregarious behavior
How chromatin openness controls behavioral changes remains unclear. This work implicates alternative promoter selection, ...
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All eyes on potential locust outbreak
Namibia's Cabinet has instructed the agriculture ministry to monitor a potential outbreak of insect pests during the rainy season.In the north, an outbreak of an ...
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How North African locust invasion is affecting Moroccan agriculture
North African countries are facing an unprecedented wave of locust swarms, which have spread through Libya, Tunisia, and Algeria, slowly making their way toward Morocco’s borders, prompting the ...
Insects are everywhere in farming and research − but insect welfare is just catching up
There’s no single, simple way to assess whether bugs feel pain, but research is giving scientists a better understanding of ...
Fabricated footage of 'rare insect' fools social media users
Fabricated videos that purport to show rare insect-like creatures have spread in multiple languages on social media, amassing ...
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Disco Elysium's spin-off Locust City was the story of two grotty children and a boxful of insects
Cancelled in February and hitherto known as Project X7, Locust City was to star Cuno and Cunoesse, a pair of foul-mouthed ...
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10 Best Space Ghost Villains, Ranked
Throughout Space Ghost's long history, he has encountered all kinds of villains and monsters, ranging from the Heat Thing and ...
Details about the canceled Disco Elysium spin-off codenamed X7 have leaked, and it would have let us play as Cuno and Cunoesse
It's not an April Fool's joke, but you'll wish it was.