Common wisdom suggests that two heads are better than one. Yet, two heads can also butt—and when resources are scarce, competition may seem more attractive than collaboration. With that in mind, biologists have long wondered ...
Evolution
Aug 22, 2018
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Nearly 700 million people suffer from mosquito-borne diseases—such as malaria, West Nile, Zika and dengue fever—each year, resulting in more than 1 million deaths. Increasingly, many species of mosquitoes have become ...
Materials Science
Aug 20, 2018
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When plants are in distress or being fed on by insects, they have been known to send out sensory volatile cues that alert organisms in the area—such as birds—that they are in need of help. While research has shown that ...
Ecology
Aug 14, 2018
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In response to the population decline of pollinating insects, such as wild bees and monarch butterflies, researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory are investigating ways to use "pollinator-friendly ...
Ecology
Aug 6, 2018
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A new study reveals that all insects use specialized odorant receptors that enable them to detect and pursue mates, identify enemies, find food and—unfortunately for humans—spread disease. This puts to rest a recent hypothesis ...
Evolution
Aug 2, 2018
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To slow the evolutionary progression of weeds and insect pests gaining resistance to herbicides and pesticides, policymakers should provide resources for large-scale, landscape-level studies of a number of promising but untested ...
Ecology
May 17, 2018
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Limiting global warming to 1.5oC would save the vast majority of the world's plant and animal species from climate change—according to new research led by the University of East Anglia.
Environment
May 17, 2018
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Have you ever had to shout to call your family to the dinner table?
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2018
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University of Arizona biology researchers have made a discovery that helps resolve a conundrum that has puzzled scientists for more than a century.
Biotechnology
Apr 20, 2018
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Can researchers determine the color of a 200-million-year-old insect? Scientists from China, Germany and the U.K. have new evidence that reveals the true color of fossil insects. The research was recently published in Science ...
Archaeology
Apr 11, 2018
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