The genetic changes cause the bodies of the insects to attack the Plasmodium parasite, blocking its development.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

The little insects were crawling around, the plants were there. And come back and look at it, over a period of weeks, and see what's changing.

我可以看到昆虫爬来爬去，还看到有些植物，几个星期后，再来看，看看发生了什么变化。

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For example, the insects can smell carbon dioxide in the breath of a person or animal from as far away as sixty meters.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

Professor Reppert says scientists thought they understood the control system in the monarchs until they took a closer look at the insects' antenna.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

As a result, the study in China found that the cotton plants could also help protect nearby crops against damage by the insects.

VOA: special.2010.05.25

To learn how this is done, researchers first observe the normal flight paths of the insects.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

Most do not spread malaria. Some of the insects have disease-fighting systems that kill Plasmodium.

VOA: special.2009.12.22

More than 100,000 people have fled their homes because of the insects.

VOA: special.2009.01.27

He blew his breath at them. The insects fell to the ground,dead.

VOA: special.2009.05.30

The colors and design of the lip help attract the insects.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

By using unnatural light, the insects traveled in the wrong direction.

VOA: special.2010.04.27

The men attacked the insects with their axes and long sticks.

VOA: special.2009.01.24

The action forces the insects to touch the orchid pollen.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

They feed the insects blood containing the malaria parasite.

VOA: special.2010.04.20

The insects can survive in new and different environments.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

The insects also provide a natural sweetener,honey.

VOA: special.2011.05.24

The insects were feared to be armyworms.

VOA: special.2009.02.10

The insects also like dark colors.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

Only the sound of insects filled the air as I walked through the empty town that summer day so long ago.

VOA: special.2009.07.04

Smiley got him so the frog was catching flies, and he would catch one of those insects every time.

VOA: special.2009.08.29

It helped raise public awareness of the dangerous use of chemicals to kill insects and the pollution of the environment.

VOA: special.2010.12.15

Sweet,peaceful stars filled the sky as the night birds sang softly, and tiny insects buzzed in the soft air.

VOA: special.2009.12.12

The fossils are from creatures as small as insects to those that were bigger than a modern elephant.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

Boric acid has been used to kill other insects including cockroaches, termites and ants inside homes since the middle of last century.

VOA: special.2011.02.23

Agriculture Report. Plant breeders and genetic engineers keep working to give crops the strength to resist threats like insects,diseases, droughts or floods.

VOA: special.2009.10.27

The fast was to protest the poisoning of grape workers and their children by the dangerous chemicals growers used to kill insects.

VOA: special.2009.09.06

The La Brea insects give scientists a close look at the history of insects in southern California.

VOA: special.2010.04.07

But it warns that mosquitoes are becoming increasingly resistant to pesticides, the products used to kill insects.

VOA: special.2009.05.26

It serves as a landing area for bees and other insects that spread pollen to the plant.

VOA: special.2010.04.06

The Stockholm Convention governs some kinds of industrial chemicals and pesticides products meant to kill insects.

VOA: special.2009.06.23