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May 2, 2013 03:45 PM ET // Jennifer Viegas
A recently videotaped caterpillar bears an uncanny resemblance to bigwig Donald Trump's hair. Continue reading →
Apr 24, 2013 09:00 AM ET // Jennifer Viegas
The children’s story Peter Pan famously ends with kids shouting, “I do believe in fairies!” and now they, and adults, can truly believe in Tinkerbell the fairyfly, just discovered by scientists. Continue reading →
Feb 20, 2013 01:00 PM ET // Jennifer Viegas
What appeared to be huge, dino-pestering fleas are more likely flies, says the team that discovered them. ->
Apr 4, 2011 12:48 PM ET // Tim Wall
Not taking actions to help reduce the national rise in bat mortality could cost the United States billions of dollars.
Apr 12, 2011 06:56 AM ET // Tim Wall
Many sweet potato whiteflies are coming down with an infection that turns them into supermoms, a bane for farmers.
Dec 3, 2010 10:35 AM ET // Tim Wall
The love bug for fruit flies may be their intestinal bacteria.
Apr 4, 2011 07:46 AM ET // Tim Wall
When it comes to keeping bugs at bay, some plants turn into killers -- putting their attackers on starvation diets.
Jun 18, 2012 01:45 PM ET // Trace Dominguez
The larvae growing inside Mexican jumping beans could help develop algorithms for micro-robots.