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Intense sound of cicadas reveals curious behavior of the species and explains why this sound dominates the hottest days.

Caio Aviz 12/05/2026 at 11:38

Science and Technology

Drones have become “insects” and spread native seeds to recover inaccessible areas; the Bacias & Florestas program, for 15 years, has planted 3 million trees and restored 15 thousand hectares, despite costs of up to R$ 25 thousand/ha.

Carla Teles 31/03/2026 at 15:28

Insetos, abelhas, borboletas e besouros estão no centro de um alerta sobre saúde e alimentos, com o “silêncio” como sinal de risco e com estudos citando 2030 como marco de pressão crescente.

Science and Technology

Doctor Issues Global Warning, Claiming Insects Are Going Silent on the Planet and Says Rapid Decline of Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles Could Collapse Food, Human Health, and Environmental Balance in the Coming Decades

Bruno Teles 31/01/2026 at 12:34

Baratas-d’água gigantes ocupam o topo da cadeia alimentar e utilizam técnicas silenciosas para capturar presas maiores, segundo estudos científicos.

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Giant Water Bugs Dominate Lagoons and Swamps, Surprising Scientists by Hunting Ducklings, Turtles, and Even Venomous Snakes in Freshwater Ecosystems

Andriely Medeiros de Araújo 30/01/2026 at 18:38

Diferença entre a língua da abelha-rainha e da abelha operária evidencia menor eficiência das rainhas na coleta de néctar.

Science and Technology

Queen Bees Hide A Shocking Limitation In Their Language That Compromises Nectar Foraging And Helps Explain Why They Almost Disappear From Out-Of-Nest Work

Felipe Alves da Silva 16/01/2026 at 14:32

Na Suíça, linhas de energia viram rodovia de insetos e modelo de renaturalização que recupera biodiversidade em larga escala e redefine o uso de corredores elétricos.

Science and Technology

Power Lines That “Cut” Through Nature Become Insect Highways in Switzerland After Chainsaws Leave 15 Hectares Empty Under the Cables; The Plan Replaces Dead Land With Layered Meadows, Stone Shelters for Weasels, and Ponds for Mating Toads, and Could Unlock the Largest Hidden Renaturalization in the World, Covering 500,000 Hectares Just in Europe

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 07/01/2026 at 19:06

Com produção anual de até 4 mil toneladas e biofábricas urbanas dedicadas a grilos, larvas e moscas-soldado-negras, Singapura transforma insetos em proteína

Agribusiness

With Annual Production of Up to 4,000 Tons and Urban Biofactories Dedicated to Crickets, Larvae, and Black Soldier Flies, Singapore Transforms Insects Into Strategic Protein and Consolidates Its Role as an Asian Hub for Future Food

Valdemar Medeiros 10/12/2025 at 06:51

Interesting facts

The United States Releases Millions of Sterile Flies Each Week to Prevent a Devastating Pest from Spreading Through Latin America

Noel Budeguer 17/11/2025 at 15:39

Interesting facts

The Only Country in the World Without Ants and Mosquitoes

Alisson Ficher 14/11/2025 at 13:38

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Brazil Launches World’s Largest Modified Mosquito Factory and Aims to Protect Up to 70 Million People

Noel Budeguer 02/08/2025 at 20:26

Interesting facts

Millions of Genetically Modified Insects Were Released in Brazil, But Why Didn’t Anyone Tell You This Before?

Noel Budeguer 02/08/2025 at 20:01

Interesting facts

Brazil Adopts Cutting-Edge Biotechnology to Combat Epidemics: Millions of Genetically Modified Insects Released in Strategic Areas of the Country

Noel Budeguer 18/06/2025 at 14:57

Intense sound of cicadas reveals curious behavior of the species and explains why this sound dominates the hottest days.

Drones have become “insects” and spread native seeds to recover inaccessible areas; the Bacias & Florestas program, for 15 years, has planted 3 million trees and restored 15 thousand hectares, despite costs of up to R$ 25 thousand/ha.

Doctor Issues Global Warning, Claiming Insects Are Going Silent on the Planet and Says Rapid Decline of Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles Could Collapse Food, Human Health, and Environmental Balance in the Coming Decades

Giant Water Bugs Dominate Lagoons and Swamps, Surprising Scientists by Hunting Ducklings, Turtles, and Even Venomous Snakes in Freshwater Ecosystems

Queen Bees Hide A Shocking Limitation In Their Language That Compromises Nectar Foraging And Helps Explain Why They Almost Disappear From Out-Of-Nest Work

With Annual Production of Up to 4,000 Tons and Urban Biofactories Dedicated to Crickets, Larvae, and Black Soldier Flies, Singapore Transforms Insects Into Strategic Protein and Consolidates Its Role as an Asian Hub for Future Food

The United States Releases Millions of Sterile Flies Each Week to Prevent a Devastating Pest from Spreading Through Latin America

The Only Country in the World Without Ants and Mosquitoes

Brazil Launches World’s Largest Modified Mosquito Factory and Aims to Protect Up to 70 Million People

Millions of Genetically Modified Insects Were Released in Brazil, But Why Didn’t Anyone Tell You This Before?

Brazil Adopts Cutting-Edge Biotechnology to Combat Epidemics: Millions of Genetically Modified Insects Released in Strategic Areas of the Country

In the cold desert of Ladakh, where it hardly rains, engineer Sonam Wangchuk created the ice stupa, a tower that freezes winter water and stores it for irrigating crops in the spring, a simple engineering feat that mimics nature.

Almost 6,000 residents live concentrated along a single street nearly 9 km long in the interior of Poland. Houses form a continuous row, and behind them, narrow agricultural strips emerge, creating one of the most unusual rural patterns in Europe.

Chinese woman planted trees for decades while sand buried part of her house, received $5,000 from an American in 1999, and helped transform the desert into a forest of 8 million trees in China.

They planted a sea of eucalyptus to produce cellulose, but the monoculture turned into a green desert, dried up springs and rivers, and pushed families out of regions in Minas Gerais and Bahia.

Júlia Pimentel, an 11-year-old from Minas Gerais, independently invented a new formula to calculate the square root using simple addition and multiplication, and her method was published in one of the most important mathematical scientific journals in Brazil.

Hidden beneath a small entrance in Namibia’s underground, the largest underground lake in the world is the size of 2 football fields, 264 meters deep, and even has rare animals that survive without sunlight.

Boxer with a fortune of £162 million, Tyson Fury wants to spend £6 million on a private 6.5-acre island to dock his £42 million superyacht near a naval base in the UK.