Bugs. We like to watch them buzzing around us. We watch their colours and wings when they stop on the flowers on the balcony or in the garden. Sometimes they also annoy us, for example when we want to eat in peace. Either way: A world without insects is unimaginable.
Aphids are fascinating animals. There are more than 4,000 living, classified species of aphids. In terms of their relationship to humans, aphids are often considered pests, however, there are some really cool features to these arthropods life cycles. For instance, aphids reproduce via parthenogenesi
A video from Waterpedia on #TechTuesday about Controlling Mosquitoes using Nuclear Technology. A new method to separate male and female mosquitoes could be a major step towards using the nuclear-based sterile insect technique (SIT) to control the mosquitoes transmitting Zika, dengue and chikungunya
Insects might seem annoying, but what happens if they all died off? Click here to see more videos: https://alugha.com/LifeNoggin Follow Us! https://twitter.com/LifeNoggin https://facebook.com/LifeNoggin https://www.instagram.com/lifenoggin Life Noggin is a weekly animated educational series. W
Kissing bugs are from the groups of insects commonly called assassin bugs. These arthropods are well known as the insects responsible for the spread of Chagas disease, though they don't actually give the disease to people through their bites (which are typically made around a person's mouth). There
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover moths. Not butterflies. Well sort of. You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- We always do what we can to be as accurate as possible, but we're only human; if you catch
Today, medicine is seen as an authority and a sacred institution. But like any institution, it has a dark past. The story of Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis shows how medicine was terribly wrong and how the poor judgment of the doctors cost many women their lives. In 19th-century Vienna, the young doctor was r
* SPIDER * | Animals For Kids Quality, educational videos for kids. Made in the UK. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Spiders. Deep in the forest. You might just come across a creepy crawly Spider. Spiders can be found all over the world. Fro
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover a wasp that eats cicadas. I mean, to be fair, what else were you expecting? EDIT: According to geonerd the wasp seen at 1:45 is a European hornet, not a cicada killer. Sorry for the mix up! You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfac
Bees may be the honey producing colony workers most people known and love, or they may be something else entirely! Considering there are somewhere around 20,000 classified species of bees (and even more who need classification), there's plenty of room for diversity among all the bee species. Scien
On this episode of Animal Fact Files discover the invertebrates who shed their exoskeleton as we introduce you to our arthropod playlist! You can learn more on: Twitter - https://twitter.com/animalfactfiles Facebook - https://facebook.com/animalfactfiles/ --- We always do what we can to be as acc
For more Science Videos: https://lt.org/ * How does sexual selection contribute to biodiversity on earth? ASTRID T. GROOT investigates this question using the example of moths. As she explains in this video, in many species, including moths, the most common individuals are chosen as mates and the on
