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Unit 731 Department Head Kawashima Kiyoshi confessed that “at least 3,000 people were used as subjects of live body experiments during the years from 1940 to 1945” ( Harris 2002 ). These victims, originally just kidnapped from city streets, were eventually “special transfer” prisoners of war or captured enemy spies. ...
The Entomological Society of America, Entomological Society of Canada, and Entomological Society of British Columbia joined forces for a meeting held in Vancouver, Canada, in 2022. At the conference, arthropod-inspired fashion took center stage. Scientists swarmed the hallways showcasing entomo-fashion of varying tones and ...
European hornet ( Vespa crabro ), the species in eastern North America that is most often confused with V. mandarinia . Editor’s note: As this issue was going to press, ESA received a proposal to have “northerngiant hornet” become the official common name for Vespa mandarinia . Readers are encouraged to consult the ...
Let me begin by saying that this book’s title does it a disservice; there is much more inside the cover than the expectations it may conjure of a dystopian treatise on beekeeping gone wrong. Rather, this is a book exploring the honey-producing bee species and the many ways they interact with and are manipulated by humans. ...
“They’re in my hair!” Willie Scott shrieks as seemingly creepy insects and other arthropods crawl all over her in the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom . In media, such as this movie, insects are often depicted in ways that are unrealistically dramatized to evoke disgust. However, much of the aversion to these ...
The sun has just risen. You have your binoculars, your guidebook, and that special notepad where you keep your life list and take notes on each foray into the field ( Fig. 1 ). What will you see today? Will there be more of the same things you’ve seen before, observations that could be made hanging around the trees in your ...
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Being recognized by your peers is a meaningful achievement. Personally, it validates your efforts and shows that others acknowledge the hard work you’ve put into your endeavors. Professionally, awards serve as a testament to your status as a respected and accomplished contributor in your field, ...
The sun has just risen. You have your binoculars, your guidebook, and that special notepad where you keep your life list and take notes on each foray into the field ( Fig. 1 ). What will you see today? Will there be more of the same things you’ve seen before, observations that could be made hanging ...
As students of biology, we are all likely familiar with the concepts of homeostasis and allostasis. Homeostasis suggests that, when a living system is impacted by a change, it will seek to return to its original structure, whereas allostasis says the system will react, adapt, and modify to a new ...
“They’re in my hair!” Willie Scott shrieks as seemingly creepy insects and other arthropods crawl all over her in the movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom . In media, such as this movie, insects are often depicted in ways that are unrealistically dramatized to evoke disgust. However, much of ...
In March 2023, Grant was preparing to teach his general entomology class when a student sauntered in and said that he had a photograph of an insect he couldn’t identify. Grant considers himself a fairly good insect taxonomist and can usually put a family name on most of the major groups in the USA. ...
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