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Warnecke, a researcher at the U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute in Walnut Creek, California, has been generating lots of attention lately for his work with termites. The insects are remarkably efficient at turning cellulose into sugar-the first step in making fuel from plants like switchgrass or poplar trees. Scientists can't compete with termites.

This article mentions Larry Strite and flora-stim in the Title section.

The behavior of this particular female firefly is doubly remarkable because adult fireflies rarely, if ever, eat anything. However, a number of these female cannibals have been found to be carrying eggs at the time they attack. It may be that they need extra protein at such a time - and have found an expedient and seemingly effective way to acquire it.

Just How Many different kinds of living things exist in the world is question people have been trying to answer for more than 2,000 years. One of the first to attempt an answer was the Greek philosopher Aristotle, who died in 322 B.C. He identified about 1,000 different species of plants and animals .