Slave rebellion widespread in ants
Ants that are held as slaves in nests of other ant species damage their oppressors through acts of sabotage.
Ants that are held as slaves in nests of other ant species damage their oppressors through acts of sabotage.
Plants & Animals
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Not all plants are wholesome for foraging animals.
Ecology
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As an octopus biologist, I get a call from the media every summer because someone has had an encounter with a blue-ringed octopus. Thankfully, everyone has been OK.
Plants & Animals
Jan 12, 2023
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As the world wrestles with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, which arose after the virus jumped from an animal species to the human species, University of Delaware researchers are learning about new ways other pathogens ...
Plants & Animals
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Ecology
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Certainly there is strength in numbers, but only if those numbers can effectively communicate with one another. Now, a new study finds that administration of a novel small molecule which effectively disrupts a key bacterial ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Plants & Animals
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An international team of scientists, co-led by researchers at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine, has created the first pan-cancer mycobiome atlas—a survey of 35 types of cancer and their associated ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Contact and competition among different animals within a community matters when it comes to the possibility of parasitic disease outbreak, according to new research from the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological ...
Ecology
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Plants & Animals
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