Of the roughly 1 million named insect species on Earth, about 400,000 are beetles. And that’s just the beetles described so far. Scientists typically describe thousands of new species each year. So — why so many beetle species? Entomologist Caroline Chaboo: “We don’t know the precise answer.” But clues are emerging. 🔗 "Why are there so many beetle species?"
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Why are there so many beetle species?
Diet played a key role in the evolution of the vast beetle family tree
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As glacial cliffs break off and destabilize frozen landscapes, glaciologist Richard Alley focuses on the fractures. The work could improve predictions about future sea-level rise. #WorldWaterDay 💧
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The race to understand polar ice sheets
As glacial cliffs break off and destabilize frozen landscapes, glaciologist Richard Alley focuses on the fractures. The work could improve predicti...
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Our collective arachnid aversion could be causing us to overlook something even scarier: Spiders may be disappearing. #WorldEnvironmentalEducationDay
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Everyone should start counting spiders
Our collective arachnid aversion could be causing us to overlook something even scarier: Spiders may be disappearing.
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The same taste receptors found on the tongue are in the stomach, intestines and elsewhere, too. What are they doing there? Well, a lot.
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Gut feelings
The same taste receptors found on the tongue are in the stomach, intestines and elsewhere, too. What are they doing there? Well, a lot.
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