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Big and bold wasp queens may create more successful colonies
Aug 2019
Differences in how social insect groups perform may be, in part, chalked up to leadership
Big and bold wasp queens may create more successful colonies
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Bright yellow spots help some orb weaver spiders lure their next meal
Mar 2020
Bees and moths appear strongly attracted to the markings on the arachnids
Bright yellow spots help some orb weaver spiders lure their next meal
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A clever molecular trick extends the lives of these ant queens
Sep 2022
The matriarchs extend their lives by blocking a part of a molecular pathway linked to aging
A clever molecular trick extends the lives of these ant queens
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Earthy funk lures tiny creatures to eat and spread bacterial spores
Apr 2020
Master chemist soil bacteria can waft a scent appetizing to springtails
Earthy funk lures tiny creatures to eat and spread bacterial spores
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Here's how spiders that go overboard use light to find land
Dec 2023
Spiders flung off a kayak head to areas that don't reflect polarized light, experiments suggest
Here's how spiders that go overboard use light to find land
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How geometry solves architectural problems for bees and wasps
Jul 2023
What were once thought of as nest flaws are the solution to combining hexagons of different sizes
How geometry solves architectural problems for bees and wasps
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Insects had flashy, noise-making wings as early as 310 million years ago
Jul 2021
A grasshopper-like creature’s fossilized wing suggests it could crackle and reflect light
Insects had flashy, noise-making wings as early as 310 million years ago
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Licelike insects munched on dinosaur feathers around 100 million years ago
Dec 2019
Fossils in amber push the origin of feather-feeding insects back over 50 million years
Licelike insects munched on dinosaur feathers around 100 million years ago
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A new seasoning smells like meat thanks to sugar — and mealworms
Aug 2022
New research aims to help people get past the ick of eating insects
A new seasoning smells like meat thanks to sugar — and mealworms