Is This a Real Rainbow Grasshopper?
And does it have a pot of gold at the end of each leg?
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Cicada Swarm About to Emerge in Parts of Pennsylvania, Ohio
The insects have been waiting underground for nearly two decades, and millions are about to make their debut.
Is This a Japanese Giant Emperor Moth?
Toys and figurines are confused for real animals at surprising rate.
Is This a Photograph of a ‘Rainbow Butterfly’?
If this were a new brand of candy, we'd definitely give it a try.
Bye Bye Bugs? Scientists Fear Non-Pest Insects Are Declining
A study estimates a 14 percent decline in ladybugs in the United States and Canada from 1987 to 2006.
Is This a Velvet Cowkiller Ant?
The red velvet ant, or cowkiller ant, is a wingless wasp with an extremely painful sting.
Can You Get Chagas Disease from Kissing Bugs?
News from 2014 and 2017 reports that "kissing bugs" or "barber beetles" in the U.S. carry a disease-causing parasite.
Do Water-Filled Baggies Repel Flies?
Will hanging plastic bags filled with water repel flies from your area? Opinion is divided on that technique's effectiveness.
Can a Bug Crawl in Your Ear and into Your Brain?
Bugs do wander into people's ears sometimes. But where can they go from there?
Is the ‘Venezuelan Poodle Moth’ Real?
A photograph purportedly shows a newly discovered species of moth.
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Was Charles Lieber Arrested for Selling the COVID-19 Coronavirus to China?
The arrest of a Harvard professor fueled conspiracy theories about the COVID-19 coronavirus disease outbreak in 2020.
Does Trump Benefit Financially by Promoting Hydroxychloroquine as COVID-19 Treatment?
The U.S. president is invested in several mutual funds — some of which include very minor stakes in pharmaceutical companies.
Will Your Coronavirus Stimulus Check Count Against Your 2020 Tax Refund?
While the stimulus payment is technically a tax credit, its categorization as such was made only so the government could disperse payments using the IRS’ existing infrastructure.
Have Plagues Repeated Exactly Every 100 Years?
The predictive value of cherry-picked data is generally low to insignificant.
Did Pelosi Call Social Security Recipients a ‘Burden on Society’?
A routine review of content labeled satire.