Diversity of bioluminescent beetles in Brazilian savanna has declined sharply in 30 years (IMAGE)

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Diversity of bioluminescent beetles in Brazilian savanna has declined sharply in 30 years

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Luminous termite mound in Emas National Park, Goiás state: larvae of click beetle Pyrearinus termitilluminans produce a spectacle now confined to the park, an island in an ocean of monoculture 

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Vadim Viviani

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