Get the latest Science News and Discoveries

Spotted lanternflies are invading the US. They may have gotten their evolutionary superpowers in China's cities: The alarming spread of spotted lanternflies across the U.S. has been made possible by cities acting as evolutionary incubators, fine-tuning the insects and enabling them to thrive


The alarming spread of spotted lanternflies across the U.S. has been made possible by cities acting as evolutionary incubators, fine-tuning the insects and enabling them to thrive.

None

Get the Android app

Or read this on r/EverythingScience

Read more on:

Photo of China

China

Photo of insects

insects

Photo of cities

cities

Related news:

News photo

Water UCI awarded $1.39M grant for US-China water quality research - EurekAlert!

News photo

How COVID and H1N1 swept through U.S. cities in just weeks

News photo

Historic U.S. marine lab parts ways with the University of Chicago