Sentences with phrase «about the insect world»

An ant farm is a fun, educational way to learn about the insect world.

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Even as he's evoking insect life in terms that recall the domesticity of The Wind in the Willows, he wants to write about the natural world as if he had access to it independently of our perception of it in human terms» as if he were capable of seeing the Insect - in - Itself instead of the insect as seen by insect life in terms that recall the domesticity of The Wind in the Willows, he wants to write about the natural world as if he had access to it independently of our perception of it in human terms» as if he were capable of seeing the Insect - in - Itself instead of the insect as seen by Insect - in - Itself instead of the insect as seen by insect as seen by a man.

But remove all the insects, which comprise about 75 percent of species in the animal kingdom, and the world as we know it could not exist.

Though they are found across the animal world from insects to mammals, research into human pheromones has been dogged by flaky experimental designs and dubious commercial endorsements, with the result that the entire field has a whiff of the disreputable about it.

Chemical signals dominate the insect world, says Berenbaum, and this research shows that «new things can be discovered about even the most dirt common of insect pests.»

«Smell is an underappreciated sense in people — but when you talk about insects, many «see» their world in chemicals,» said Mitchell, a fellow in the Postdoctoral Excellence in Research and Teaching program.

In all systems, whether pertaining to insects or mammals, they found a strong positive correlation between predator removal, plant community simplification, and reduced energy flow, which goes back to Paine's dictum about being able to change the world by removing one species.

Bees and other insects pollinate many of the world's important food crops and wild plants, raising serious concerns about the impacts of reported global pollinator declines for food security and biodiversity.

Why not add a little excitement — and a lot of learning — to your spring activities with a few lessons about the wonderful world of insects?

Alphabet of Insects from the Oceanhouse Media's Smithsonian Collection - is a beautifully illustrated alphabet book about bugs, the natural world and science.

In this dazzlingly intelligent and ultimately hopeful book, Wilson describes what treasures of the natural world we are about to lose forever — in many cases animals, insects, and plants we have only just discovered, and whose potential to nourish us, protect us, and cure our illnesses is immeasurable — and what we can do to save them.

Good to Know about Bali Butterfly Park Bali Butterfly Park was opened in 1993 following the International Butterfly Conference that was held that year in Makassar, South Sulawesi, with the idea that Indonesia's rich insect world should be promoted for the Indonesian peoples» environmental awareness.

Singapore About Blog Presenting the amazing insects, spiders and other micro fauna from Singapore and around the world.

That's right, as «Major 6» or «Major 12» (they really dug deep on character names) scream about «fighting giant insects» you are also treated to the radio play of War of the Worlds.

It was also the exhibition that confirmed Richter's status as one of the leading artists in the world, and was described by Storr in his introduction as «long overdue» in the United States.2 In 2003 Richter embarked on a small but substantially sized series of paintings entitled Silicate [CR: 885/1 -4] inspired by an article in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung from 12 March 2003 about the shimmering qualities of certain insects» bodies.3 The resulting four large paintings are perhaps the most overtly biological of the abstract works in Richter's oeuvre, suggestive of cell formations and genetic sequences seen under the microscope.

From insects to natural disasters, there are fears about the natural world that we humans harbor, despite the shelter provided by our built environments.

The world's forests already have a lot on their plate: Providing flood protection, drinking water purification, lumber, and recreation, plus habitat for about half the world's mammals, birds, and insects.

Ask anyone who has really lived in nature without modern medicine and insect repellent about the benovolence of the natural world.

In the rain forest, there is no such thing as silence and every tiny insect twang and buzz is vividly reproduced — which is particularly appropriate in a film about a man who recorded 1,000 hours of pygmy music *, capturing sounds he fears will soon evaporate as a tide of modernism floods the furthest nooks of this world.

While the paper demonstrates that we probably need to factor in insect herbivores in climate models, it raises many more questions about exactly what effects these herbivores have in real - world forest systems.

At the heart of both studies is a deeper concern about the response of the natural world to human - induced change, in the destruction of habitat, the loss of the plants, birds, insects, mammals, amphibians and reptiles that depend on habitat, and in the steady increase in atmospheric levels of greenhouse gases, as a consequence of profligate combustion of fossil fuels.

Tragically, the more we fixate on a single lifetime career, without allowing ourselves the time or pleasure to explore other interests just for fun, and the more we quell our children's natural curiosity about the world while training them intensively in a specific sport or musical instrument, the more like Heinlein's specialized insects we become.

Kids love insects, dirt, and water, which is why these activities will keep them entertained for hours this summer, while teaching them a lot about the natural world.

Singapore About Blog Presenting the amazing insects, spiders and other micro fauna from Singapore and around the world.

Singapore About Blog Presenting the amazing insects, spiders and other micro fauna from Singapore and around the world.