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?
Have you ever had to shout to call your family to the dinner table?
Plants & Animals
May 15, 2018
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(PhysOrg.com) -- How does size affect the organization and physiology of superorganisms such as bacterial communities, insect colonies or human cities? James Waters and Tate Holbrook, graduate students in the School of Life ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 26, 2011
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Some mammals may have evolved to synchronise births as a way of evading the threat of infanticide, according to a study led by the University of Exeter.
Evolution
Dec 23, 2013
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Insect-eating pitcher plants temporarily 'switch off' their traps in order to lure more prey into danger, new research from the University of Bristol, UK, and the University of Cambridge, UK, has found.
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2015
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A co-evolutionary arms race exists between social insects and their parasites. Army ants (Leptogenys distinguenda) share their nests with several parasites such as beetles, snails and spiders. They also share their food with ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 1, 2011
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Social insects such as ants, termites, and some bees and wasps live in a sort of eternal "airplane environment," according Rebeca Rosengaus, an associate professor in Northeastern's Department of Marine and Environmental ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 9, 2013
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A new model demonstrates that chasing interactions can induce dynamical patterns in the organization of bacterial species. Structural patterns can be created due to the chasing interactions between two bacterial species.
General Physics
Oct 6, 2023
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If you're outside enjoying the spring sunshine, then chances are, ticks are too. However, new research from Simon Fraser University (SFU) suggests the use of ant pheromones as a topical repellent, or as an environmental barrier, ...
Ecology
Apr 11, 2024
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If you've ever walked past a bees nest on a hot summer day, you've probably been too focused on avoiding getting stung, rather than stopping to wonder how all those bees stay cool. Don't worry, Harvard scientists have braved ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 6, 2019
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Why do some animals help to rear the young of an unrelated individual without any apparent benefit to themselves?
Plants & Animals
Aug 12, 2011
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