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Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky. Birds chirp, and tall grasses blow in the breeze. This isn't a scene from a pristine nature preserve or ...

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Explore the black beauty stick insect, a rare nocturnal insect from Peru with striking features and unique defenses.

A solar-pollinator habitat, dominated by purple prairie clover and black-eyed susan flowering plants. Bumblebees buzz from flower to flower, stopping for a moment under a clear blue Minnesota sky.

A solar-pollinator habitat, dominated by purple prairie clover and black-eyed susan flowering plants. Credit: Argonne National Laboratory/Lee Walston A solar-pollinator habitat, dominated by purple ...