It’s an observation as old as humans gathering around campfires: Light at night can draw an erratically circling crowd of insects. In art, music and literature, this spectacle is an enduring metaphor ...
The first humans to sit around campfires probably observed a strange example of animal behavior that continues to perplex people today. They would have seen insects that emerge from the night and ...
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Samuel Fabian receives funding from the European Research Council and a National Geographic Explorer Grant. Jamie Theobald receives funding from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Air Force ...