How Do Synchronous Fireflies Work? (Lightning Bugs) - Smarter Every

posted by BSR 1 year 10 months ago • 46 views • 19:33

Daffy Duck for President is a children's book, published by Warner Bros. and the United States Postal Service in 1997 to coincide with the release of the first Bugs Bunny U.S. postage stamp. The book... continue reading

posted by BSR 2 years 2 months 1 week ago • 103 views • 4:32

Zefrank looks at how bugs and animals camouflage themselves in the rainforest.

posted by w1ndex 3 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 274 views • 10:29

YouTube description: At night, these parasites crawl onto your bed, bite you and suck your blood. Then they find a nearby hideout where they leave disgusting telltale signs. But these pests have an... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 1,273 views • 4:22

--- Do earwigs climb into your ear? The quick answer is no. Earwigs are not interested in climbing into your ear to lay their eggs or otherwise. They’re no more likely than any other bug to accidentally... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 5 years 6 months 1 week ago • 151 views • 4:21

"Pill bugs. Doodle bugs. Potato bugs. Wood Shrimp. Whatever you call them, there’s something less creepy about these critters than other insects. Maybe it’s because they’re not insects at all..." ... continue reading

posted by ant 5 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 519 views • 3:30

"... Let's face it! The world hates fire ants. It is not hard to understand why seeing as they are a major domestic pest in many countries, as well as a very dangerous agricultural pest, like in the Unites... continue reading

posted by ant 6 years 6 months ago • 296 views • 15:53

YouTube: Go see if Eons is for you: http://www.youtube.com/eons Other cool things about Trilobites People have been collecting them for at least tens of thousands of years, as they've been found in... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 9 months 3 weeks ago • 103 views • 3:39

1 in 5 Americans either has had bed bugs, or knows someone who has. And the problem isn’t going away. It’s actually getting a lot worse.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 3 weeks ago • 39 views • 8:33

"These wormlike larvae use bioluminescence to attract their prey..."

posted by ant 7 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 10 views • 55 secs

"Justin Schmidt is an entomologist who studies stinging insects. Through the course of his work, he estimates that he has been stung more than 1,000 times, all in the name of science. In fact, Schmidt... continue reading

posted by blacklotus90 7 years 8 months ago • 392 views • 2:31

YouTube: Kids are weird. They eat mud, talk to bugs, and stick things up their noses... but the changes kids go through as they grown out of infancy and into childhood are even weirder!

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 25 views • 9:07

When I was a preschooler I walked face first into a spider web. Hence my lifelong fear of the eight legged creepers. YouTube: Spiderwebs are designed to trap bug-sized creatures. So how come spiders... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 27 views • 3:06

"The movie Ant-Man was (obviously) inspired by ants, so we thought we'd talk to a real ant expert to learn a bit more! ..." From http://www.reddit.com/r/science/comments/3hu8oe/science_ama_series_im_brian_fisher_ant_s... continue reading

posted by ant 8 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 103 views • 7:51

A bug in Google Chrome allows malicious websites to turn users’ computers into clandestine listening devices, a programmer discovered. Tal Atler, a web developer in Israel, discovered that once you... continue reading

posted by truth-is-the-nemesis 1 decade 2 months 3 weeks ago • 47 views • 4:06

YouTube Description: Hank shares the latest developments in science, this week demystifying three freaky things in nature: the polar vortex, why some bugs are infertile, and how a chain can appear to defy... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 3 months ago • 289 views • 4:46

Nature IS one cruel mother!

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade 7 months 4 weeks ago • 333 views • 1:37

Videosifters are all smart of course, and that’s okay… From YT: There are now more than 7 billion human beings on Earth, and that got me wondering: How successful are we compared to other species?... continue reading

posted by Trancecoach 1 decade 1 year 2 months 3 weeks ago • 39 views • 4:40