Huge, aggressive mosquito may be abundant in Florida this summer, expert warns
Researchers ID queens, mysterious disease syndrome as key factors in bee colony deaths
(Phys.org) —A new long-term study of honey bee health has found that a little-understood disease study authors are calling "idiopathic brood disease syndrome" (IBDS), which kills off bee larvae, is the ...
Mar 04, 2013
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Fruit flies medicate their larvae with alcohol
(Phys.org)—A new study in the U.S. shows that fruit flies lay their eggs on a food source with a high alcohol content if they see parasitic wasps in the area, instead of a non-alcohol food.
Feb 22, 2013
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Where does our head come from?
A research team at the Sars Centre in Norway and the University Vienna has shed new light on the evolutionary origin of the head. In a study published in the journal PLoS Biology they show that in a simp ...
Feb 21, 2013
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Little did we know about beetle diversity: Astonishing 138 new species in a single genus
The tropics are home to an extraordinary diversity of insect species. How great is it, exactly? We do not know, but today, researchers at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History published a study on tro ...
Feb 20, 2013
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British birds may be learning to use invasive wasps as key food source, research suggests
Biologists have found that blue tits, great tits and other native birds have learnt to peck away the tips of the galls formed by invading oak gall wasps and eat the juicy larvae inside, which are rich in ...
Feb 20, 2013
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For ant pupae, status means being heard
caught between larva and adulthood—status is all about being heard. The findings, reported online on February 7 in Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, add to evidence that ants can communicate abstra ...
Feb 07, 2013
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Study shows monogamous birds can read partner's food desires
New research shows that male Eurasian Jays in committed relationships are able to share food with their female partner according to her current desire.
Feb 04, 2013
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Survival of the fittest: Predator wasps breed at the expense of spider juveniles
Two wasp species, Calymmochilus dispar and Gelis apterus, have been recorded as parasitoids on ant-eating spiders in a study published in the open access journal ZooKeys. The host spider, Zodarion styliferu ...
Feb 04, 2013
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24 new species of flower fly found in Central and Southern America
A team of scientists have described twenty four new species of dipterans belonging to Quichuana genus, of which only a further 24 species were known. The researchers, including two Spanish biologists, have ...
Jan 31, 2013
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Tapeworm eggs discovered in 270 million year old fossil shark feces
A cluster of tapeworm eggs discovered in 270-million-year-old fossilized shark feces suggests that intestinal parasites in vertebrates are much older than previously known, according to research published January 30 in the ...
Jan 30, 2013
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Researchers discover wasp larva disinfect their food before eating
(Phys.org)—A team of German researchers has discovered that emerald cockroach wasp larva create a disinfecting clear liquid solution in their mouths that they spit out and use to disinfect their food before ...
Jan 08, 2013
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Dance of water molecules turns fire-colored beetles into antifreeze artists
Certain plants and animals protect themselves against temperatures below freezing with antifreeze proteins. How the larva of the beetle Dendroides canadensis manages to withstand temperatures down to -30 ...
Jan 02, 2013
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Discovery of Africa moth species important for agriculture, controlling invasive plants
In the rain forests of the Congo, where mammals and birds are hunted to near-extinction, an impenetrable sound of buzzing insects blankets the atmosphere.
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