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Newsmax cuts ties with Lara Logan after her QAnon-inspired, on-air rant about world leaders drinking the blood of children and making people eat insects
Newsmax said it has "no plans to interview her again" after Lara Logan spouted conspiracy theories …
Joshua Zitser
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Biden swatted away a Brood X cicada crawling up his neck: 'It got me'
"Watch out for the cicadas. I just got one - it got me," Biden told reporters on the tarmac at Andr…
Eliza Relman
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People are eating cicadas for the protein benefits - but there are health risks to cicada cookies, cocktails, and pizzas
If you can stomach them, cicadas can be a great source of sustainable protein, and offer an added c…
Andrea Michelson
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The world's heaviest moth - so big it can't fly properly - has been spotted in Australia
The insect found near a school in Queensland, Australia, has been identified as a giant wood moth, …
Kelly McLaughlin
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What's inside a wasp's nest?
Paper wasp nests are specialized nurseries full of dead bugs, wasp larvae, and hexagon comb structu…
Michael Mills,Ally Giannini
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A 'wormnado' appeared on a New Jersey sidewalk and scientists are divided over what caused it
A spiral of worms appeared on a sidewalk in Hoboken, New Jersey. The cause of the so-called "worm t…
Joshua Zitser
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15,000 bees swarmed into a New Mexico man's car while he was grocery shopping
The man put his groceries in his back seat and started to drive off after shopping at an Albertsons…
Kelly McLaughlin
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19 stunning photos of Naomi Osaka's run-in with a butterfly at the Australian Open
A butterfly lands on Naomi Osaka's nose during a 2021 Australian Open match.PAUL CROCK/AFP via Gett…
Meredith Cash
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Jerry Seinfeld apologizes for the 'uncomfortable subtle sexual aspect' between a human and an insect in 'Bee Movie'
The "Seinfeld" comedian co-wrote the script for the 2007 animated film. He also voiced the lead cha…
Claudia Willen
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Poisonous furry caterpillars that look like wigs are popping up in Virginia
The state's department of forestry is warning Virginians not to touch these caterpillars. Contact w…
Aylin Woodward
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Fly larvae eat food waste and can be turned into animal feed — and it's a trend that's catching on around the world
At one farm in Kenya, fly larvae eat more than 30 tons of discarded fruit a day before being turned…
Dylan Barth
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A French man chased a fly around with an electric swatter and accidentally blew up his own house
The man, in his 80s, was slightly burned and his home is uninhabitable. The fate of the fly is unkn…
Haven Orecchio-Egresitz
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What's inside a firefly
The firefly is probably the Earth's most famous bioluminescent species, with over 2,000 individual …
Andrea Schmitz,Josh Harmon
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A grapefruit-scented perfume ingredient that's toxic to ticks and mosquitoes is the first new insect repellent to be approved in a decade
Nootkatone is naturally found in grapefruit rinds and certain cedar trees. The chemical shows promi…
Andrea Michelson
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More than 50% of insects have disappeared since 1970, an ecologist warns - even more evidence of an 'insect apocalypse'
Goulson, a professor of biology at the University of Sussex, found that in the UK specifically, 23 …
Aylin Woodward
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What makes cockroaches the most undying insect?
This species has a massive number of genes, much more than other insects like honeybees, fruit…
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The YouTuber who let a murder hornet sting him says it caused 'searing pain.' Now he says he's done with sting videos.
YouTuber and wildlife expert Coyote Peterson spoke to Insider about his experience being stung by a…
Rachel E. Greenspan
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A YouTuber shot a video of a sting from the 'Executioner Wasp,' which he says tops the 'Murder Hornet'
In his YouTube video, Coyote Peterson said that the Executioner Wasp sting was, by far, "the worst …
Margot Harris
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Video shows that 'Murder Hornets' can be cooked alive by a vibrating sphere of Japanese bees
"Murder Hornets" have begun to colonize the United States, but a National Geographic video shows on…
Palmer Haasch
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A YouTuber nicknamed the 'King of Sting' let a 'murder hornet' sting him, and his arm ballooned almost immediately
Coyote Peterson uploaded the video demonstrating the sting to his YouTube channel in 2018, before t…