economists give this a worrying 20-30 percent chance of happening, due to Brexit, China, the still wobbly Euro-zone, student loan debt, etc. And if this happened, the Republicans in Congress would do nothing to prevent it, and there's little a president could do, either....
Do cicadas belong to the Insecta class? What characterizes members of the phylum Nematoda? What phylum does Amoeba proteus belong to? Are members of the phylum Platyhelminthes parasites in humans? What type of digestive system do flatworms have?
aFrom Third Avenue comes the sound of the mad builders—American cicadas, out in the noonday sun. In the garden the sparrow chants—a desultory second courtship, a subdued passion, in keeping with the great heat, love in summertime, relaxed and languorous. I shall miss this apartment when ...
The order Hemiptera is a large and diverse order consisting of insects such as bugs, aphids, and cicadas. Insects of order Hemiptera are extremely diverse in size, shape, and color. Order Hemiptera has three suborders: Heteroptera (true bugs), Auchenor...
As dusk approaches the throbbing wail of cicadas loses its urgency and eventually stops, as do the relentless attacks of blood-sucking deer flies. The white-throated swifts that had ruled the skies for most of the afternoon are now settled in for the night, giving way to their mammalian co...
P1–P9 represent cycling predators. The number-line represents years. The highlighted gaps show how 13 and 17-year cicadas manage to avoid their predators. Credit: Sam Baron It seemsthese cicadas have evolvedto exploit basic facts about numbers. ...
Both groundhogs and prairie dogs are members of the squirrel family of rodents,Sciuridae, which means “shadow-tail.” All species in this family have four toes on their front feet and five on their hind feet. Their eyes are set high on their heads so they can watch for predators. Both...
but seeing and feeling reign supreme in the frosty air, snow and ice. A snowball can be wet, dry or in between. One falls apart before it reaches its target. Another is a ball of ice and forbidden by parents. Summer sounds mark cicadas, tree frogs, owls, hawks and dry leaves rustling...
She invites them to crawl on her finger, holds up their two-inch body to her eyes, and examines them closely, reassuring them that she won’t do them harm. As far as I can tell, she spent the last two weeks of the school year setting up hospital wings for cicadas on school grounds...
Recent studies suggest that winter dark fireflies are not a single species, but represent a complex of closely related, yet undescribed species that inhabit most of eastern North America. The taxonomy and natural history of these handsome, delicate, harbingers of spring would make an excellent stud...