New research shows that wasps drum to alert one another of food nearby
Have you ever had to shout to call your family to the dinner table?
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News tagged with social insects
How the new mozzie emoji can create buzz to battle mosquito-borne disease
Mosquitoes are coming. The Unicode Consortium has just announced that alongside your smiling face – or perhaps crying face – emoji you'll soon be able to add a mosquito.
Other
Feb 15, 2018
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Study reveals underlying genetic basis for halictid bee communication and social behavior
If you ask most people what they know about bees, you're likely to get answers ranging from their favorite type of honey to stories about their worst stinging experiences.
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2017
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Why insects can develop from unfertilized egg cells
A scientist from the Lomonosov Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, has, together with his Russian colleague, has explained the frequent occurrence of parthenogenesis development of insects from unfertilized egg cells. ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 27, 2017
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Insects can school humans in coping with adversity
Insects have to cope with a wide range of environmental factors in order to thrive – disease, drought and habitat changes. Scientists hope that studying insect biology and behaviour could help humans cope with problems ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 25, 2017
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We faced abuse for asking people to kill wasps for science – here's why it was worthwhile
When we launched a citizen science project earlier this year, we didn't expect to get in so much trouble.
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2017
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Lazy ants make themselves useful in unexpected ways
If the first thing that comes to mind when you think about ants is "industrious," you might be in for a surprise. In 2015, biologists at the University of Arizona reported that a sizable chunk of the "workers" that make up ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 8, 2017
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Chemical profile of ants adapts rapidly
The bodies of ants and other insects are covered with a thin, wax-like layer that protects them from desiccation and enables them to exchange information, in social insects, for instance, to differentiate between enemies ...
Evolution
Aug 11, 2017
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In African 'fairy circles,' a template for nature's many patterns
Be it the Mima mounds of Washington state or the famous "fairy circles" of Namibia in southwestern Africa, people are captivated by the regular patterns of plant growth that blanket desert and grassland landscapes, often ...
Environment
Jan 23, 2017
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Ants communicate by mouth-to-mouth fluid exchange
Liquids shared mouth-to-mouth by social insects contain proteins and small molecules that can influence the development and organisation of their colonies, according to new findings published in eLife.
Plants & Animals
Nov 29, 2016
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