Bugs

Bug Features

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  Feature: Mexico Butterflies

  Experience the monarch butterfly migration in Central Mexico's volcanic highlands.

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  Insect Eggs Photo Gallery

  Engineered for survival, insect eggs hang on and hatch wherever their parents deposit them.

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  Deer Tick

  Discover the blood-sucking bug behind Lyme disease, the loathsome deer tick. Find out how they spread the disease and how you can stay away.

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  Scarab

  Meet the enormous scarab family and its members both familiar and exotic. Find out how many scarabs thrive on an unlikely nutrient—dung.

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  The Beauty of Insect Eggs

  Engineered for survival, insect eggs hang on and hatch wherever their parents deposit them.

Animal News

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  Tarzan Chameleon Found

  The discovery on Madagascar of the new species—given away by its flat snout—is a "Tarzan yell for conservation," a new study says.

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  Lizard Evolving for Live Birth

  A skink species lays eggs on coasts but births babies in mountains, giving a glimpse of how placentas evolved, scientists say.

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