You've spotted a 2-inch (5-centimeter) creature zipping from flower to flower, its wings moving so fast they are nearly an invisible blur. A …
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Looks and Acts Like a Hummingbird? Could Be a Hummingbird Moth
If you see a small hummingbird zip by your face, take a second look. Plus, nature's secret pollinator, the ancient mayfly and other incredible insects.
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It's almost as if the mayfly is a metaphor for something — an organism with a life that seems so hectic and brief as to be futile. But whether it …
Sometimes science does really cool things. Take a hypothesis, for instance. It's an explanation for an observed phenomenon. But to be proven, …
Wherever you find tarantulas on this planet — or baboon spiders, the Old World equivalent of the tarantula — you will also find tarantula hawks. From …
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