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Standing Still in Running Water: Lotic Dragon and Damselfly Species Less Able to Adapt to Climate Change
March 5, 2012 — A new study throws light on the capability of individual dragonfly species to track climate change. The authors show that dragonfly species which breed in pools and ponds are better able to cope with ... > full story -
Bacteria Tend Leafcutter Ants' Gardens
March 1, 2012 — New research points to two important roles for bacteria that live in the underground fungal gardens of leafcutter ants: they help decompose leaves that ants bring to the gardens and play a major role ... > full story -
How Insects 'Remodel' Their Bodies Between Life Stages
February 29, 2012 — How is it that an insect can remake itself so completely that it appears to be a different creature altogether, not just once, but several times in its lifetime? Working with fruit flies scientists ... > full story -
Cunning Super-Parasitic Wasps Sniff out Protected Aphids and Overwhelm Their Defenses
February 24, 2012 — In the war between parasite and host, the parasitic wasp and the pea aphid are locked in a battle for survival. New research shows that this cunning parasite sniffs out differences between protected ... > full story -
Key to Growth Differences Between Species
February 23, 2012 — The tiny, little-noticed jewel wasp may provide some answers as to how different species differ in size and shape. And that could lead to a better understanding of cell growth regulation, as well as ... > full storyMore: -
Ant Colonies Remember Rivals' Odor and Compete Like Sports Fans
February 21, 2012 — A new study has shown that weaver ants share a collective memory for the odor of ants in rival nests, and use the information to identify them and compete, similar to how sports fans know each other ... > full story -
Eat and Let Die: Insect Feeds on Toxic Plants for Protection from Predators
February 21, 2012 — Certain insects, such as the African variegated grasshopper or the cinnabar moth, native in Europe and Asia, feed on toxic plants in order to protect themselves from ... > full story -
Fruit Flies Use Alcohol as a Drug to Kill Parasites
February 16, 2012 — Fruit flies infected with a blood-borne parasite consume alcohol to self-medicate, a behavior that greatly increases their survival rate, a new study finds. The researchers say the results are the ... > full storyMore: -
New Miniature Grasshopper-Like Insect Is First Member of Its Family from Belize
February 15, 2012 — Scientists have discovered a new species of tiny, grasshopper-like insect in the tropical rainforests of the Toledo District in southern Belize. Biologists named the new species Ripipteryx mopana. ... > full story -
Trojan Horse Bacteria Use Nanobodies to Conquer Sleeping Sickness
February 14, 2012 — Sleeping sickness, caused by the trypanosome Trypanosoma brucei, is transmitted to humans (and animals) via the bite of the tsetse fly. New research uses a bacteria, which naturally lives in the fly, ... > full story
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