Bumble bees drop to shake off Asian hornets
Bumble bees have a remarkably successful method for fighting off Asian hornets, new research shows.
Bumble bees have a remarkably successful method for fighting off Asian hornets, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Oct 5, 2023
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Honeybees have been considered generalists when selecting flowering plants; in other words, they can use a wide range of different plants. However, recent research has shown that honeybees are quite selective.
Plants & Animals
Oct 4, 2023
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Everybody who visits Kasanka National Park in Zambia during "bat season" agrees that the evening emergence of African straw-colored fruit bats from their roost site is one of the wildlife wonders of the world. The bats (Eidolon ...
Ecology
Sep 30, 2023
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Witnessing disease outbreaks that have nearly annihilated staghorn coral colonies in the Caribbean, Northeastern scientist Steven Vollmer wondered what lessons a few lone survivors might offer for the future of coral reefs. ...
Ecology
Sep 29, 2023
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Vital coastal habitat was destroyed in the devastating floods that hit New South Wales in 2021 and 2022.
Plants & Animals
Sep 23, 2023
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The federal government body in charge of pest control has announced Australia will abandon efforts on eradicating the Varroa mite.
Plants & Animals
Sep 21, 2023
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Barbara Williams zeros in on a patch of yellow wildflowers with her binoculars. She leans in slightly, her beetle earrings jangling, and proclaims "that's definitive."
Plants & Animals
Sep 12, 2023
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In a new study in Nature Communications, an international research team including scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology reports that, given the same genetic makeup, individual behavior alone determines ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 28, 2023
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Helpless emperor penguin chicks perished at multiple breeding grounds in West Antarctica late last year, drowning or freezing to death when sea ice eroded by global warming gave way under their tiny feet, scientists said ...
Ecology
Aug 27, 2023
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A team of computational social scientists at George Mason University has found via simulations that 22 people is the minimum number needed to start a human colony on Mars. The group has posted a paper describing their simulation ...