Climate change forced zombie ant fungi to adapt

Zombie ants clamp on to aerial vegetation and hang for months spewing the spores of their parasitic...
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How Nagana is carried by tsetse flies

Researchers have revealed new details on how the animal disease Nagana is spread by tsetse flies in...
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Matabele ants: Travelling faster with detours

Ants do not always take the shortest route when they are in a hurry. Their navigational system...
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Asian tiger mosquito on the move

Scientists have compared the ecological niches of the Asian tiger mosquito and the yellow fever...
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Wasps drum to alert one another of food nearby

New research shows wasps have their own way of communicating to each other about mealtimes –...
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Leafcutter ants' success due to more than crop selection

A complex genetic analysis has biologists re-evaluating some long-held beliefs about the way...
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Virus inhibits immune response of caterpillars and plants

It is well known that certain wasps suppress the immune systems of their caterpillar hosts so they...
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Butterfly wings inspire light-manipulating surface for medical implants

Nanostructures inspired by transparent butterfly wings help eye implants function better and safely...
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Navigating with the sixth sense: Desert ants sense Earth's magnetic field

Desert ants use the Earth’s magnetic field for orientation. This provides ants the cue to find...
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Role neonicotinoid insecticides play in arthropod performance

A team of researchers looked at the role neonicotinoid insecticides play in arthropod abundance,...
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World's oldest insect inspires a new generation of aerogels

Experts have created a new form of highly-efficient, low-cost, sustainable insulation based on the...
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Hungry birds as climate change drives food 'mismatch'

Warmer springs create a ‘mismatch’ where hungry chicks hatch too late to feast on...
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Why freeloader baby-eating ants are welcomed to the colony

It might seem surprising that a colony of ants would tolerate the type of guests that gobble both...
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Solving a pollinator puzzle

Welsh scientists piecing together the giant jigsaw puzzle of plant pollination are a step closer to...
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First gene drive targeting worldwide crop pest

Biologists have created the world’s first gene drive system – a mechanism for...
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Unique protein is a vulnerability in the malaria parasite

The malaria parasite is highly dependent on a unique protein for infecting new mosquitoes. This...
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Competition between males improves resilience against climate change

Animal species with males who compete intensively for mates might be more resilient to the effects...
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Bugged out by climate change

Warmer summer and fall seasons and fewer winter freeze-thaw events have led to changes in the...
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Honeybees are struggling to get enough good bacteria

Modern monoculture farming, commercial forestry and even well-intentioned gardeners could be making...
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A new hope: One of North America's rarest bees has its known range greatly expanded

The Macropis cuckoo bee is one of the rarest bees in North America, partly because of its...
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Predicting which trees are at greatest risk of beetle invasion

This study shows that the composition of forests is more important than other factors when...
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Newly identified bacteria may help bees nourish their young

Researchers have isolated three previously unknown bacterial species from wild bees and flowers. The...
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Temperature affects insecticide efficacy against malaria vectors

Ambient temperature has a marked effect on the toxicity of the most commonly used insecticides for...
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Droughts mean fewer flowers for bees

Bees could be at risk from climate change because more frequent droughts could cause plants to...
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Having one eye better than the other may explain ants' left bias

Unlike Derek Zoolander, ants don’t have any difficulty turning left. New research has now...
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How spiders can harm and help flowering plants

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Now researchers show that this principle also holds for crab...
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Why some beetles like alcohol

Alcohol used as a ‘weed killer’ optimizes the harvest of ambrosia beetles. from...
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Rats, cats, and people trade-off as main course for mosquitoes in Baltimore, Md.

Understanding how neighborhood dynamics regulate mosquito bites is key to managing diseases like...
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Substance that guides ant trail is produced by symbiotic bacteria

A research with ant from genus Atta reveals that a bacteria in their microbiota plays a key role in...
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Tracking Aedes mosquito invasions in Panama

Mosquitoes in the genus Aedes, which carry viruses causing yellow fever, chikungunya and Zika,...
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The humble fruit fly continues to boost biomedical discovery

Researchers have developed and made available a large versatile library of fruit flies that can be...
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Climate change is wreaking havoc on delicate relationship between orchids and bees

Rising temperatures have wrecked a relationship, which relies on precision timing to succeed,...
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Pesticides give bees a hard time

Scientists have investigated the impact of a new pesticide on the honeybee. In high doses, it has a...
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Global warming can turn monarch butterflies' favorite food into poison

Researchers have discovered a new relationship between climate change, monarch butterflies and...
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My New Top Bar Hive

My friend Andy Marcus is an air conditioning guy in spring and summer, but during the calmer days of...
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Another check on the Buckfast bees

The Buckfast bees near Emory are doing fine. In the intervening week between St. Patrick’s Day...
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Drug that kills mosquitoes could be used to fight malaria

Researchers have shown the large potential impact of a completely new type of antimalarial drug that...
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Insect toxin detected in the world's longest animal

The longest animal in the world, the bootlace worm, which can be up to 55 meters long, produces...
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Buckfast Bees

I’ve always been fascinated with Brother Adam, who spent much of his beekeeping life...
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More SPARK errors

I tell people with pride that I write on this blog about all the mistakes I make because I think it...
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Earwigs and the art of origami

Researchers have developed multifunctional origami structures, which they then fabricated into 4-D...
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Rival competition makes ant sperm better swimmers

Ant sperm recognize rival sperm and become more mobile, faster and straighter swimmers as a result,...
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Breakthrough could aid development of bee-friendly pesticides

Efforts to create pesticides that are not toxic to bees have been boosted by a scientific...
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Physical disability boosts parenting effort, beetles study shows

Animals that carry a physical impediment can work harder to rear their young as a result, an insect...
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Insects could help us find new yeasts for big business

Yeasts are tiny fungi – but they play key roles in producing everything from beer and cheese...
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Discovered mode of drinking in mosquitoes carries biomedical implications

Mosquitoes may have a reputation for being one of the world’s most intractable pests, but...
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Termite queen, king recognition pheromone identified

Forget the bows and curtsies. Worker termites shake in the presence of their queens and kings. New...
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When natural disaster strikes, can insects and other invertebrates recover?

After a 100-year flood struck south central Oklahoma in 2015, a study of the insects, arthropods,...
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Climate change promotes the spread of mosquito and tick-borne viruses

Scientists find that global warming has allowed disease-bearing insects to proliferate, increasing...
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Is it Veromessor pergandei or Messor pergandei?

I mentioned in recent post that the black harvester ants Messor pergandei are also reported in the...
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Fussy eating prevents mongoose family feuds

Mongooses living in large groups develop ‘specialist’ diets so they don’t have to...
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'Cold-blooded' pythons make for caring moms

The female Southern African python is the first ever egg-laying snake species shown to care for...
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'Lazy lawn mowers' can help support suburban bee populations and diversity

Homeowners concerned about the decline of bees, butterflies and other pollinating insects need look...
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It's not only size, but scales that matter in some male moth antennae

Male moths have evolved intricate scale arrangements on their antennae to enhance detection of...
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Infected 'zombie ants' face no discrimination from nest mates

Carpenter ants infected with a specialized parasitic fungus are not subjected to aggression or...
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Ultra-white coating modelled on beetle scales

Researchers have developed a super-thin, non-toxic, lightweight, edible ultra-white coating that...
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Lack of water is key stressor for urban trees

A recent study finds that urban trees can survive increased heat and insect pests fairly well...
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Forty years of data quantifies benefits of Bt corn adoption across multiple crops for the first time

Researchers have pulled together forty years of data to quantify the effects of Bt field corn, a...
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Heat shock system helps bug come back to life after drying up

The larva of the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki – a mosquito-like insect that...
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Gene knockout using new CRISPR tool makes mosquitoes highly resistant to malaria parasite

Deleting a single gene from mosquitoes can make them highly resistant to the malaria parasite and...
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GBA sponsoring a honey bee license plate

This gorgeous license plate is moving through the Georgia legislature for passage this year. It...
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Mosquito brain atlas aims to reveal neural circuitry of behavior

Researchers have built mosquitobrains.org, the first map of the female mosquito brain. The new...
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Ant raids: It’s all in the genes

Certain ants attack and enslave other species, and integrate their offspring into their own colonies...
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Mosquito gut may hold the key to preventing Dengue and Zika

A mosquito’s ability to replicate and transmit a virus depends on the metabolic environment of...
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Without 46 million year-old bacteria, turtle ants would need more bite and less armor

Socially transmitted, nitrogen-providing microbes have opened a new ecological frontier for...
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For flour beetles, it's better to be a woman in a man's world

Researchers have shown that female red flour beetles reproduce better in male-dominated groups than...
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Rover Ants Always Around

It rained last night and it was about 40° F this morning, so I had trouble finding insects to...
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The Ant Course in 2018

In addition to the Ants of the Southwest Class, the Ant Course is another great way to learn about...
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New insights into how a virus-blocking bacterium operates in mosquitoes

New research reveals details of the mechanism by which the bacterium Wolbachia blocks viruses in...
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Rover Ants Always Around

It rained last night and it was about 40° F this morning, so I had trouble finding insects to...
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Biologists document the secondary extinction of a disease-carrying mosquito following rat eradication on Palmyra Atoll

The Asian tiger mosquito – carrier of such diseases as dengue, yellow fever, Rift Valley...
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Number of people killed by animals each year in the US remains unchanged

Bites, kicks, and stings from farm animals, bees, wasps, hornets, and dogs continue to represent the...
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Scientists identify specialized brain areas for feeding and egg-laying in hawkmoths

The search for food is linked to other areas in the olfactory center of female tobacco hawkmoths...
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Why are some mushrooms 'magic?'

Psychedelic mushrooms likely developed their “magical” properties to trip up...
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The Ant Course in 2018

In addition to the Ants of the Southwest Class, the Ant Course is another great way to learn about...
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Plants evolve away from obsolete defenses when attacked by immune herbivores, study shows

A new study shows that plants can evolve out of their obsolete defense mechanisms when facing an...
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Disease-bearing mosquitoes gain from shrinkage of green spaces

A study conducted in São Paulo, Southern Hemisphere’s biggest city, shows that mosquitoes...
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Digestive ability of ancient insects could boost biofuel development

A study of the unusual digestive system of an ancient group of insects has provided new insights...
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Invasion of the body-snatching fungus

Researchers recently documented a gory and fascinating relationship between periodical cicadas and a...
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Honey-filled SPARK bee hives

Today Sarah, my daughter, and I went to SPARK to check on the state of the hives. We were hoping to...
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Ants of the Southwest Class 2018

It’s time again to start thinking which ant classes you’re going to take this...
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Computer models allow farmers to diversify pest management methods

A technology developed by Brazilian researchers can help fighting highly resistant agricultural...
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Helping in spite of risk: Ants perform risk-averse sanitary care of infectious nest mates

Ants care for their sick nest mates in different ways, depending on their own immune status. When...
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As climate changes, so could the genes of the Eastern tiger swallowtail butterfly

Researchers warn climate change can not only influence the geographic distribution of a species in...
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Biodiversity loss raises risk of 'extinction cascades'

New research shows that the loss of biodiversity can increase the risk of ‘extinction...
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Spatial perception of odorants in cockroaches

A recent study has described the first neural architecture capable of encoding the spatial location...
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Why bees soared and slime flopped as inspirations for systems engineering

Honeybees gathering nectar inspired an algorithm that eased the burden of host servers handling...
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At last, butterflies get a bigger, better evolutionary tree

Butterflies offer key insights into community ecology, how species originate and evolve, climate...
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Biochemical networks mapped in midgut of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

Scientists have mapped for the first time the midgut metabolites of the Aedes aegypti, the mosquito...
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Comes naturally? Using stick insects, scientists explore natural selection, predictability

Predicting evolution remains difficult. Scientists have studied evolution of cryptic body coloration...
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Australian fire beetle avoids the heat: Its infrared organs warn the insect of hot surfaces

The Australian jewel beetle Merimna atrata has several heat sensors. Originally it was thought that...
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Hunting is changing forests, but not as expected

In many tropical forests, over-hunting is diminishing the populations of animals who are vital for...
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Beewolves have been successfully using the same antibiotics for 68 million years

Scientists have now found that beewolves, unlike humans, do not face the problem of antibiotic...
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Diet or regular? Decoding behavioral variation in ant clones

Clonal ants appear to be diverse in responding to sweetened water, suggesting epigenetic regulation...
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Medical care for wounded ants

Ants dress the wounds their mates have suffered in battle. Such behavior is believed to be unique...
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Understanding a fly's body temperature may help people sleep better

In findings that one day may help people sleep better, scientists have uncovered the first molecular...
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Can a cockroach teach a robot how to scurry across rugged terrain?

Researchers build a robot that moves more like a cockroach. from Nature’s Incredible!...
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Bed bug histamines are substantial, persistent in infested homes

Nuisance pest to medically important threat? New research findings show that bed bugs emit...
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First report in decades of a forgotten crop pathogen calls for critical close monitoring

Scientists, breeders, farmers and conservation groups must continue to work in close collaboration...
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Cockroach ancient geographic and genomic history traced back to last supercontinent

Armed with a vast amount of genomic information, a team of researchers has performed the first...
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Biologists decipher a key piece of the odor-detection puzzle in flies, mosquitoes

Biologists have discovered surprisingly that the complex odor-detecting machinery of the fruit fly...
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The social evolution of termites

How did huge, complex insect societies evolve from solitary ancestors? This was the case with...
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Sniffing out a mate with precision

Male cockroaches can ‘see’ the spatial distribution of female pheromones to locate a...
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3-D vision discovered in praying mantis

Miniature glasses have revealed a new form of 3-D vision in praying mantises that could lead to...
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New approach to stop transmission of malaria from humans to mosquitoes

Some people develop an immune response following a malaria infection that stops them from infecting...
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Double trouble: Invasive insect species overlooked as a result of a shared name

An invasive leaf-mining moth, feeding on cornelian cherry, has been gradually expanding into...
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Sick bees eat healthier

Scientists have shown that sick bees try to look after themselves by eating healthy food. from...
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Mind-controlling molecules from wasp venom could someday help Parkinson's patients

After being stung by a parasitic wasp, the American cockroach loses control of its behavior,...
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New light shed on antibiotics produced by ants

Ants, like humans, deal with disease. To deal with the bacteria that cause some of these diseases,...
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Venus flytraps don't eat the insects that pollinate them

While most people are familiar with Venus flytraps and their snapping jaws, there is still a lot...
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Ants: Master manipulators for biodiversity, or sweet treats

Symbiotic ants manipulate aphid reproduction rates to achieve a specific mix of green and red...
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Controlling fire ants with natural compounds

New research has identified natural, plant-derived that repel fire ants. These compounds, including...
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GBA Meeting is Coming Up

For the last year I have served as President of the Georgia Beekeepers Association. I was reelected...
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SPARK bees Make it Through the Winter Despite a Major Beekeeper Error

So all of you know that I don’t use queen excluders. I like to give the queen free rein and...
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Even small changes within an ecosystem can have detrimental effects

A mutualistic relationship between species in an ecosystem allows for the ecosystem to thrive, but...
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The disappearance of common species

Scientists were able to show that currently widespread insects are threatened with a serious decline...
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Warmer climate can give Europe dengue fever

Large parts of Europe can suffer from the dreaded dengue fever unless climate change is attenuated....
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New parasitoid wasp likely uses unique saw-like spines to break out of its host body

A newly discovered parasitoid wasp species from Costa Rica might be only slightly larger than a...
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Colorado potato beetle genome gives insight into major agricultural pest

Scientists have sequenced the Colorado potato beetle’s genome, probing its genes for clues to...
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Warming climate shrinks British Columbia beetles

Some of British Columbia’s beetles are shrinking as their habitats get warmer, according to...
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strangebiology: @franzanth noticed this caterpillar (left) that...

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calosoma-amitch: Small Baileya (Baileya australis), Newark DE....

calosoma-amitch: Small Baileya (Baileya australis), Newark DE. August 2017. A moth commonly...
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The bacterial 'Game of Thrones'

Much like animals and to a degree humans, bacteria enjoy a good fight. While their aggressive...
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Think of honeybees as 'livestock,' not wildlife, argue experts

Contrary to public perception, die-offs in honeybee colonies are an agricultural not a conservation...
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Mosquitoes remember human smells, but also swats

A new study shows that mosquitoes can rapidly learn and remember the smells of hosts and that...
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#1286 - Gastrophora henricaria - Beautiful Leaf Moth

drhoz: AKA Fallen-bark Looper Seen by Merri Golding, on NSW’s Southern Tablelands. A large...
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Two new snout moth genera and three new species discovered in southern China

New members have joined the ranks of the snout moths – one of the largest groups within the...
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Insects took off when they evolved wings

Now buzzing and whizzing around every continent, insects were mysteriously scarce in the fossil...
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Eating insects might seem yucky, but they are nutritious and there is no reason you can't

Almost all living primates still have working versions of the gene needed to produce a stomach...
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meishallaneous: So… this happened. It was frozen there…chillin’,...

meishallaneous: So… this happened. It was frozen there…chillin’, as it were 😏 more of my...
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New 'big-armed fly' species named after former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

A new fly species with bulging forelegs is named after former California governor and famous...
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For global invasion, Argentine ants use chemical weapons

Researchers show how Argentine ants use chemical secretions as weapons in their interactions with...
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macroramblings:Over the edge

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Wild Sri Lankan elephants retreat from sound of disturbed Asian honey bees

A new study using playbacks, has for the first time shown that Asian elephants in Sri Lanka are...
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lanatureenville:Accouplement de deux tipules potagères (Tipula...

lanatureenville:Accouplement de deux tipules potagères (Tipula oleracea) sur une feuille from...
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A race against pine: Wood-boring wasp in North America threatened by a Eurasian invader

Invasive species have diverse impacts in different locations, including biodiversity loss, as a...
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sinobug: Hooded Mantis Nymph (Rhombodera sp., Mantidae) by...

sinobug: Hooded Mantis Nymph (Rhombodera sp., Mantidae) by Sinobug (itchydogimages) on...
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thesnakesstuff:Found a cutie on the way home! Don’t know what...

thesnakesstuff:Found a cutie on the way home! Don’t know what species they are, but they’re still...
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kazooie: This is the biggest Christmas beetle I’ve seen in...

kazooie: This is the biggest Christmas beetle I’ve seen in years, it was so beautiful, and it pooped...
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arthropod-dude: Melanoplus differentialis (Differential...

Credit: @arthropod-dude Credit: @arthropod-dudearthropod-dude: Melanoplus differentialis...
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sinobug:Praying Mantis, female (Phyllothelys sp., Mantidae) by...

Praying Mantis, female (Phyllothelys sp., Mantidae) Praying Mantis, female (Phyllothelys sp.,...
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Circadian clocks under the microscope

Circadian clocks regulate the behavior of all living things. Scientists have now taken a closer look...
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Closed marriage: An orchid that never blooms

A flower identified as Lecanorchis nigricans has been revealed to be a different identity,...
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In 'pond scum,' scientists find answers to one of evolution's which-came-first cases

A team of scientists report on new evidence that primitive moths and butterflies existed during the...
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Worldwide importance of honey bees for natural habitats captured in new report

An unprecedented study integrating data from around the globe has shown that honey bees are the...
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Deadly disinfection in ant colonies

Ants kill colony mates infected with deadly diseases when they are unable to prevent them from...
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Agricultural fungicide attracts honey bees

When given the choice, honey bee foragers prefer to collect sugar syrup laced with the fungicide...
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sinobug: Horned Mantis or Unicorn Mantis or Spiny Mantis Nymph...

sinobug: Horned Mantis or Unicorn Mantis or Spiny Mantis Nymph (Ceratomantis saussurii,...
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rigeldream:Little bee friend!

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end0skeletal: Flannel moth, Megalopygidae by Andreas Kay

end0skeletal: Flannel moth, Megalopygidae by Andreas Kay from Nature’s Incredible!...
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psycada:im so proud of her for shedding her skin for the first...

psycada:im so proud of her for shedding her skin for the first time!! from Nature’s...
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postmodern-baseball:I made a friend!

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alice44: Vapourer (Orgyia antique) by nutmeg66 on Flickr.

alice44: Vapourer (Orgyia antique) by nutmeg66 on Flickr. from Nature’s Incredible!...
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sinobug: Horned Mantis or Unicorn Mantis or Spiny Mantis Nymph...

sinobug: Horned Mantis or Unicorn Mantis or Spiny Mantis Nymph (Ceratomantis saussurii,...
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Urban insects are more resilient in extreme weather

A new study will help researchers understand how to make predictions and conservation decisions...
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Closed marriage: An orchid that never blooms

A flower identified as Lecanorchis nigricans has been revealed to be a different identity,...
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rigeldream:Little bee friend!

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In 'pond scum,' scientists find answers to one evolution's which-came-first cases

A team of scientists report on new evidence that primitive moths and butterflies existed during the...
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end0skeletal: Flannel moth, Megalopygidae by Andreas Kay

end0skeletal: Flannel moth, Megalopygidae by Andreas Kay from Nature’s Incredible!...
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Worldwide importance of honey bees for natural habitats captured in new report

An unprecedented study integrating data from around the globe has shown that honey bees are the...
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psycada:im so proud of her for shedding her skin for the first...

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Deadly disinfection in ant colonies

Ants kill colony mates infected with deadly diseases when they are unable to prevent them from...
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postmodern-baseball:I made a friend!

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Agricultural fungicide attracts honey bees

When given the choice, honey bee foragers prefer to collect sugar syrup laced with the fungicide...
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alice44: Vapourer (Orgyia antique) by nutmeg66 on Flickr.

alice44: Vapourer (Orgyia antique) by nutmeg66 on Flickr. from Nature’s Incredible!...
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end0skeletal:Atlas Moth by Bob Jensen

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Little wasp bodies mean little wasp brain regions

A new study looking at 19 species of paper wasps found that body size may lead to variation in the...
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myfrogcroaked: “88” butterfly (Diaethria clymena) Of all...

myfrogcroaked: “88” butterfly (Diaethria clymena)  Of all the amazing insects we see at the...
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Genetic changes help mosquitoes survive pesticide attacks

The fascinating array of genetic changes that confer pesticide resistance in Anopheles mosquitoes...
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calosoma-amitch: Drab prominent (Misogada unicolor), Newark DE....

calosoma-amitch: Drab prominent (Misogada unicolor), Newark DE. August 2017.  A drab moth that lives...
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Invasive tree species: Call for action to tackle threat to a global biodiversity hotspot

An invasive Australian tree is now posing a serious threat to a global diversity...
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coolbugs: Bug of the Day WAT????? I IS HIDING!!! (Chinese...

coolbugs: Bug of the Day WAT????? I IS HIDING!!! (Chinese Mantis, Tenodera sinensis sinensis) from...
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