A Bug's Life

33 lectures, 2 hr 43 min in all

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The bug that poops candy - George Zaidan
5 min
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Should we eat bugs? - Emma Bryce
5 min
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Why are there so many insects? - Murry Gans
5 min
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Mating frenzies, sperm hoards, and brood raids: The life of a fire ant queen - Walter R. Tschinkel
5 min
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The world’s most painful insect sting - Justin Schmidt
5 min
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The sexual deception of orchids - Anne Gaskett
5 min
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The loathsome, lethal mosquito - Rose Eveleth
3 min
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Why the insect brain is so incredible - Anna Stöckl
4 min
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Licking bees and pulping trees: The reign of a wasp queen - Kenny Coogan
5 min
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Why do honeybees love hexagons? - Zack Patterson and Andy Peterson
4 min
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Why isn't the world covered in poop? - Eleanor Slade and Paul Manning
5 min
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The case of the vanishing honeybees - Emma Bryce
4 min
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A simple way to tell insects apart - Anika Hazra
4 min
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The life cycle of the butterfly - Franziska Bauer
5 min
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Just add water: The garden insect that can turn into a plague - Jeffrey A. Lockwood
6 min
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Inside the ant colony - Deborah M. Gordon
5 min
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Cicadas: The dormant army beneath your feet - Rose Eveleth
3 min
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How bees help plants have sex - Fernanda S. Valdovinos
5 min
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Why are cockroaches so hard to kill? - Ameya Gondhalekar
5 min
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These animals are also plants … wait, what? - Luka Seamus Wright
5 min
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Coneheads, egg stacks, and anteater attacks: The reign of a termite queen - Barbara L. Thorne
4 min
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What’s worse than a wasp’s sting? Murder - Miles Zhang
6 min
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Ethical dilemma: Should we get rid of mosquitoes? - Talya Hackett
5 min
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Puke, poop, and tiny cockroaches: How the leafcutter ant queen runs her farm - Charles Wallace
5 min
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Why mosquitoes bite some people more than others - Maria Elena De Obaldia
5 min
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Would you raise the baby that ate your siblings? - Francesca Barbero
5 min
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Why do bugs swarm over water? - Luke M. Jacobus
5 min
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Are there any places on Earth with no bugs? - Charles Wallace
5 min
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You might be surprised by what you'd find in your pores - M. Alejandra Perotti
5 min
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Are there really dead wasps in figs? - Carolyn Beans
5 min
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Why is it so hard to get rid of bed bugs? - Gale E. Ridge
6 min
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How do fireflies create light? - Emily A. Geest
5 min
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Can you figure out the savanna mystery? - Cella Wright
6 min