(CNN) — In an ancient temperate forest in what is now Oregon, an insect dug deep into a sandy bank near a creek. There, in a damp burrow, she laid dozens of oblong eggs, about 50 in all. Despite her ...
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The first-ever described fossilized grasshopper nest has been identified after scientists discovered the 29-million-year-old fossil in the John Day Fossil Beds in 2016, the ...
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The insects are chewing through lettuce in city gardens and mowing down farmers’ crops on the plains It was as if Doug Bay’s wish had come true, the day the doves landed. Bay, who grows alfalfa and a ...
BLOOMINGTON, Minn. --Grasslands and crop fields in Minnesota are hoppin' this month. A summertime insect is thriving, reaching numbers higher than usual. On a stroll through the prairie grass at ...
This neon network of “branches” is not part of a plant but the egg chamber and breathing tubes of a giant grasshopper. This neon network of “branches” is not part of a plant but the egg chamber and ...
The recent heavy rains are bringing out lots of visitors, some more welcome than others. Worms can be great friends to gardeners. Still, most of us would prefer they stay underground. When faced with ...