traps

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To estimate the bee population and study emergence patterns, researchers used a new monitoring method involving emergence traps.

From Science Daily • May 28, 2026

The purpose is to avoid procedural traps that can prevent legitimate criticism from being published and to recover what peer review was supposed to be: serious, good-faith analysis by experts seeking clarity and truth.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

She said all open water beauty spots could be "death traps" and no one should risk their lives.

From BBC • May 27, 2026

Scientists attempting to determine whether or not hantavirus is present in Argentina's Ushuaia on Monday laid the very first traps to catch rodents potentially carrying the disease, AFP journalists observed.

From Barron's • May 19, 2026

Through the woods I walked, shining the light on the ground so I could avoid any traps that might be hidden.

From "Root Magic" by Eden Royce