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If you happen to be walking in the forests of Panama, you might just come across a bug that will wave at you, which scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) have been studying ...

"Infestation" is an alarming word. Organisms, perhaps tolerable in small numbers, assemble in unnervingly large ones and overrun your garden, your home or you. Aphids, also known as plant lice, are ...

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