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Fruit Flies Force Their Young to Drink Alcohol for Their Own Good
February 22, 2013 — When fruit flies sense parasitic wasps in their environment, they lay their eggs in an alcohol-soaked environment, essentially forcing their larvae to consume booze as a drug to combat the deadly ... > full story -
Botany
Agriculture and Food
Insects (including Butterflies)
Mating and Breeding
Epigenetics Research
Animals
Floral Signs Go Electric: Bumblebees Find and Distinguish Electric Signals from Flowers
February 21, 2013 — Flowers' methods of communicating are at least as sophisticated as any devised by an advertising agency, according to a new study. The research shows for the first time that pollinators such as ... > full story -
Coldness Triggers Northward Flight in Monarch Butterflies: Migration Cycle May Be Vulnerable to Global Climate Change
February 21, 2013 — Each fall millions of monarch butterflies migrate south in order to escape frigid temperatures, traveling up to 2,000 miles to an overwintering site in a specific grove of fir trees in central ... > full story -
Insects (including Butterflies)
Dogs
Behavioral Science
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Biology
Biochemistry Research
Mosquitoes Exposed to DEET Once Are Less Repelled by It a Few Hours Later, Study Claims
February 20, 2013 — Mosquitoes are able to ignore the smell of the insect repellent DEET within a few hours of being exposed to it, according to new ... > full story -
Little Did We Know About Beetle Diversity: Astonishing 138 New Species in a Single Genus
February 20, 2013 — Researchers have described in a single article 138 new species in a genus of tropical beetles. This six-fold increase in known diversity indicates the extent to which remarkable biodiversity can ... > full story -
Towards a New Moth Scent
February 19, 2013 — A single mutation in a moth gene has been shown to be able to produce an entirely new scent. In the long run, the researchers say that the results could contribute to tailored production of ... > full story -
Decoys Could Blunt Spread of Ash-Killing Beetles
February 17, 2013 — As the emerald ash borer ravages North American ash trees, threatening the trees' very survival, a team of entomologists and engineers may have found a way to prevent the spread of the ... > full story -
Chagas Disease: Cure in Sight for Kissing Bug's Bite
February 14, 2013 — Chagas disease, a deadly tropical infection caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi and transmitted by biting insects called "kissing bugs," has begun to spread around the world, including ... > full story -
Epigenetics Research
Developmental Biology
Genetics
Biology
Behavioral Science
Insects (including Butterflies)
Epigenetics Shapes Fate of Brain Vs. Brawn Castes in Carpenter Ants
February 13, 2013 — Researchers found that epigenetic regulation is key to distinguishing one caste of carpenter ants, the “majors”, as brawny Amazons of the colony, compared to the “minors”, ... > full story -
Pests and Parasites
Insects (including Butterflies)
Agriculture and Food
Food
Zoology
Developmental Biology
Advance Promises to Expand Biological Control of Crop Pests
February 13, 2013 — A new discovery promises to allow expanded use of a mainstay biological pest control method, which avoids the health, environmental and pest-resistance concerns of traditional insecticides, ... > full story
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