Read more about the article Moment Woman Is Caught Trying To Smuggle 439 ‘Alien’ Beetles Into China Airport
Customs seize a total of 439 beetles that passengers illegally brought into the country through the Guangzhou Baiyun Airport in China, undated. The beetles seized this time include a total of 11 species. (Customs/AsiaWire)

Moment Woman Is Caught Trying To Smuggle 439 ‘Alien’ Beetles Into China Airport

A female traveller was caught trying to smuggle more than 400 beetles hidden among food packages in her suitcase. The woman, whose identity was not revealed, was arriving at the…

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Read more about the article Researchers Find New Species Of Fish And Insects Inside Untouched Cave In Colombia
Picture shows spider found in a cave, undated. Researchers from the Humboldt Institute managed to enter a remote and unexplored area of Caqueta, Colombia, where they found cave-dwelling species, some of which could be new. (Felipe Villegas, Humboldt Institute/Newsflash)

Researchers Find New Species Of Fish And Insects Inside Untouched Cave In Colombia

Researchers in Colombia may have discovered never-before-seen species living inside a remote and untouched cave. Expert teams from Germany's Humboldt Institute and La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche found various species of…

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Read more about the article Food Officials Green Lights 16 Bugs As Fit For Human Consumption
Picture shows an illustrative image of insects as a street food in Asia, undated. The Singapore Food Agency (SFA) approves 16 edible insect species for human consumption. (Newsflash)

Food Officials Green Lights 16 Bugs As Fit For Human Consumption

Food officials in Singapore are to approve 16 different kinds of bugs including crickets, grasshoppers and silkworms as fit for human consumption. The insects and larvae are to be approved…

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Read more about the article Swiss Zoo Boasts After Successfully Breeding The Most Poisonous Animal On The Planet
Image shows a mature golden poison frog, undated photo. The Zurich Zoo, Switzerland, boasted with new offspring on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023. (Zoo Zurich, Enzo Franchini/Newsflash)

Swiss Zoo Boasts After Successfully Breeding The Most Poisonous Animal On The Planet

A Swiss zoo has successfully bred the most poisonous animal on the planet, a yellow frog that is native to the Colombian rainforest. Experts at Zurich Zoo, in Switzerland, were…

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Read more about the article Wasps Uses Genital Spikes To Fend Off Hungry Frogs, Says Study
A tree frog (Dryophytes japonica) spitting out a male wasp (Anterhynchium gibbifrons) after being stung (by pseudo-stings), undated. Male wasps use genitalia to sting their predators. (Current Biology/Sugiura et al./Newsflash)

Wasps Uses Genital Spikes To Fend Off Hungry Frogs, Says Study

Hungry frogs trying to gobble up male wasps have found that their manhoods can carry a nasty sting in the tail, a new study has revealed. Scientists in Japan -…

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Read more about the article Creepy Vids Show Scorpion Feasting On Cockroach
Scorpion pet feeds on a cockroach, in Sergei Bykovskii's home, in Vietnam, in undated footage. Sergei used to keep over 100 species of insects when he lived in Russia. (@wonder_insectarium/Newsflash)

Creepy Vids Show Scorpion Feasting On Cockroach

Scorpion overpowers a hapless cockroach and stings it repeatedly before devouring it has been captured and shared by a biologist. https://youtube.com/shorts/2L0lQ32KViM @wonder_insectarium/Newsflash It was shared alongside a piece of footage…

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Read more about the article Prehistoric Farmers Were Bugged By Insects And Mice, Says Study
Lower jaw and front limb bones of wood mice (Apodemus cf. sylvaticus) evaluated by the University of Basel in Switzerland. (Raul Soteras, AgriChange project/Newsflash)

Prehistoric Farmers Were Bugged By Insects And Mice, Says Study

Stone Age farmers in southern France were fighting mice and insects feasting on their supplies 4,000 years ago, a new study has revealed. An international team of archaeologists led by…

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Read more about the article Prehistoric Birds Perferred Bugs To Fish Says Study
Reconstruction of Longipteryx feeding on the mayfly Epicharmeropsis hexavenulosus from the Early Cretaceous Jehol Group of Northeastern China. Miller et al. noted that the foot of Longipteryx could grasp in a way similar to living owls, on which this feeding pose is based. (Julius T. Csotonyi/AsiaWire)

Prehistoric Birds Perferred Bugs To Fish Says Study

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Prehistoric dinosaur birds preferred to snack on insects instead of fish, a new study has revealed. It had been believed that the 120 million-year-old Longipterygidae family's long beaks with sharp…

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