Monthly Archives: July 2020

How a velvet ant (which is a wasp) got its white fuzz

At the foot of certain bushes in the Mojave Desert, fluffy white specks glide like weeds in the sand. Some are fruits: harmless and fuzzy orbs dropped by the creosote bush. Others are non-white wasps of the Dasymutilla gloriosa species, which have painful stingers and luxurious, silky hair. The fruit …

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Jacob deGrom Dealing with back strain

Mets as Jacob deGrom Withdrew from the home team game after an inning on Tuesday due to back strain, Tim Healey of Newsday tweets. It remains unclear whether this problem will jeopardize deGrom’s chances of taking the ball to the Mets when his season begins on July 24. However, as …

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