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This Parasitic Worm Could Hold The Key To New Alternatives To Opioid TreatmentsSchistosoma mansoni parasitic worm

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This Parasitic Worm Could Hold The Key To New Alternatives To Opioid TreatmentsSchistosoma mansoni parasitic worm
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This Parasitic Worm Could Hold The Key To New Alternatives To Opioid Treatments

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Four New Species Of Tarantulas Discovered With Longest Known Schlongs In The Spider WorldBig black tarantula species with long legs and a hairy body.

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Four New Species Of Tarantulas Discovered With Longest Known Schlongs In The Spider WorldBig black tarantula species with long legs and a hairy body.
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Four New Species Of Tarantulas Discovered With Longest Known Schlongs In The Spider World

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Yikes! Baby African Social Spiders Filmed Eating Their Moms Start-To-Finish For The First Timeafrican social spider offspring eating their mother known as matriphagy

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First Female Same-Sex Behavior Seen In Crickets, But Only Because We've Not Been LookingLarge cricket with long antenna and clear wings.

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First Female Same-Sex Behavior Seen In Crickets, But Only Because We've Not Been LookingLarge cricket with long antenna and clear wings.
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First Female Same-Sex Behavior Seen In Crickets, But Only Because We've Not Been Looking

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Meet The Many Species Of Freaky Looking "Assassin Spiders" That Only Eat Other SpidersNew species of pelican spider showing the unusual head and "neck"

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Meet The Many Species Of Freaky Looking "Assassin Spiders" That Only Eat Other SpidersNew species of pelican spider showing the unusual head and "neck"
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Meet The Many Species Of Freaky Looking "Assassin Spiders" That Only Eat Other Spiders

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Are We Really The Last Generation To Have Fireflies?A photo of a grassy are with a woodland backdrop. The photo was taken at dusk, so the light is low and you can only make out certain aspects of the surrounding area. However, the foreground is filled with yellow dots of fireflies in the grass or taking to the air.

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Are We Really The Last Generation To Have Fireflies?A photo of a grassy are with a woodland backdrop. The photo was taken at dusk, so the light is low and you can only make out certain aspects of the surrounding area. However, the foreground is filled with yellow dots of fireflies in the grass or taking to the air.
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Are We Really The Last Generation To Have Fireflies?

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Human Botfly: Say Hello To The Parasite That Would Love To Get Under Your Skinbotfly larvae

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How Big Is This Spider? Study Explains Why You Might Overestimate Their SizeWolf spider.

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How Big Is This Spider? Study Explains Why You Might Overestimate Their SizeWolf spider.
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How Big Is This Spider? Study Explains Why You Might Overestimate Their Size

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“I Wasn’t Prepared For The Sheer Number Of Them”: Cave Of Mummified Never-Before-Seen Eyeless Invertebrates Amazes ScientistsA wasp with no eyes and very long curled antenna the body is reddish brown.

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“I Wasn’t Prepared For The Sheer Number Of Them”: Cave Of Mummified Never-Before-Seen Eyeless Invertebrates Amazes ScientistsA wasp with no eyes and very long curled antenna the body is reddish brown.
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“I Wasn’t Prepared For The Sheer Number Of Them”: Cave Of Mummified Never-Before-Seen Eyeless Invertebrates Amazes Scientists

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“Spider Rain”: The Bizarre Phenomenon That’ll Send Arachnophobes Into A SpinLots of spiders on a giant web with the sky in the background

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“Spider Rain”: The Bizarre Phenomenon That’ll Send Arachnophobes Into A Spin

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What Happened When A Kansas Family Lived With 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders For 5 And A Half YearsCloseup of a brown recluse spider

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What Happened When A Kansas Family Lived With 2,055 Brown Recluse Spiders For 5 And A Half Years

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“Swarm Intelligence” Sees Longhorn Crazy Ants Clear The Path For NestmatesIndividual ants can remove obstacles for their nestmates, even without knowing themselves why they are doing it.

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“Swarm Intelligence” Sees Longhorn Crazy Ants Clear The Path For NestmatesIndividual ants can remove obstacles for their nestmates, even without knowing themselves why they are doing it.
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Australian Moth Is First-Known Invertebrate To Navigate By Stars On Epic 1,000-Kilometer Migrationclose up photograph of a Bogong moth

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Australian Moth Is First-Known Invertebrate To Navigate By Stars On Epic 1,000-Kilometer Migration

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Losing Two Legs Doesn’t Slow Tarantulas Down Or Make Them More UnstableBig tarantula in a clear box with its own reflection

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Losing Two Legs Doesn’t Slow Tarantulas Down Or Make Them More UnstableBig tarantula in a clear box with its own reflection
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Losing Two Legs Doesn’t Slow Tarantulas Down Or Make Them More Unstable

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These Spiders Vomit Their Victims To Death, Regurgitating Toxic Goo Until It's Dinnerarticle image

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These Spiders Vomit Their Victims To Death, Regurgitating Toxic Goo Until It's Dinner

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