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Long ago, the colors of fabrics were more than just fashion statements. They were a nonverbal form of communication that ...

Across the planet, billions of the insects take flight on their nocturnal errands. Few places host more species than California’s Mojave Desert, a center of biodiversity for lepidoptera ...

“Collecting these insects was a highly specialised process ... “This fabric, found in a desert cave, speaks to the sophisticated knowledge of wool dyeing in the ancient world.

Kenya The insects, which eat their own body weight in food every day, are breeding so fast numbers could grow four hundredfold by June. Reuters A swarm of newly hatched desert locusts are seen on ...

Ancient fragments of fabric colored with red dye were found in a desert cave, and they serve as evidence of the oldest known piece of fabric made with insect dye. They date back about 4,000 years ...