Streetlights are trapping thousands of pill bugs in giant “death spirals”

According to ScienceDaily, researchers have discovered that artificial streetlights can trap thousands of pill bugs in circular patterns, what scientists are calling 'death spirals.' The phenomenon has never been documented in the wild before and suggests that light pollution may be fundamentally altering the behavior of even the smallest ground-dwelling animals.

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