Say hello to Parelaphostrongylus tenuis If you thought your life was complicated, it pales in comparison to the lifecycle of the microscopic nematode formally known as Parelaphostrongylus tenuis, but usually called by its common name of brainworm or meningeal worm. …
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The deep, dark and cold depths of the ocean are proving to be a treasure trove of life. Recently, the websites, OurAmazingPlanet and its sister site LiveScience.com reported that a new species of large squid had been discovered near an…
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Psocids are small insects with soft bodies, usually no more than a few millimetres long. They have longish antennae and chewing mouthparts. Psocoptera got their common name of book lice because they sometimes live in the bindings of books and…
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Insects existed long, long time ago. They existed during the dinosaur’s reign in planet earth. There are a lot of different species of insects. There are those that live under the ground, others live under the stones and rocks. There…
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Llamas are not at all like horses, nor do they behave like cattle. To understand the behavior of a llama, one has to look at camels, or llamas themselves. This is because one of the llamas best known relatives is…
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A Bot Fly might sound like a cute little Japanese toy, but don’t be fooled. It’s one of the most disgusting, horrific bugs Mother Nature ever created. And when she created it she must have been having a very, very…
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With all of the animal species on this planet that have been documented, it is sometimes hard to imagine that there are species out there that have yet to be studied, but there are. A group of biologists and primatologists…
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Big-headed ants (Pheidole megacephala) are not insects with attitude problems, though their invasive behavior, threatening native ant populations, has earned them a place in the top 100 of the World’s Worst invasive species. The big-head workforce is divided into two…
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Only discovered in 2008, the tiny nematode Myrmeconema neotropicum has a highly unusal reproductive strategy. It’s so unique that sceintists cannot find any other nematode species to match it. Considering that there are over 20,000 nematode species, M. neotropicum is…
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Most people think of ice and snow when they think of penguins, but most penguins do not live on the Antarctic continent and many seldom see either ice or snow. Their home is in the vast Southern Ocean, and they breed…
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