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Plants Mimic Scent of Pollinating Beetles
April 3, 2012 — The color and scent of flowers and their perception by pollinator insects are believed to have evolved in the course of mutual adaptation. However, an evolutionary biologist has now demonstrated that ... > full story -
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Bees 'Self-Medicate' When Infected With Some Pathogens
March 30, 2012 — Honey bees "self-medicate" when their colony is infected with a harmful fungus, bringing in increased amounts of antifungal plant resins to ward off the ... > full story -
Agriculture and Food
Food and Agriculture
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Nature
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How Bees Are Harmed by Common Crop Pesticides
March 29, 2012 — A widely used insecticide can threaten the health of bumblebee colonies and interfere with the homing abilities of honeybees, according to a pair of new studies. Researchers have proposed multiple ... > full story -
How to Save Europe's Most Threatened Butterflies
March 28, 2012 — New guidelines on how to save some of Europe’s most threatened butterfly species have now been published. The report covers 29 threatened species. The new report will provide crucial ... > full story -
Insects (including Butterflies)
Energy and the Environment
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Solar Energy
Butterfly Wings' 'Art of Blackness' Could Boost Production of Green Fuels
March 26, 2012 — Butterfly wings may rank among the most delicate structures in nature, but they have given researchers powerful inspiration for new technology that doubles production of hydrogen gas — a green ... > full story -
Who Knew? Fruit Flies Get Kidney Stones Too
March 23, 2012 — Research on kidney stones in fruit flies may hold the key to developing a treatment that could someday stop the formation of kidney stones in humans, scientists have ... > full story -
Monarch Butterflies Down Again This Year as Decline Continues
March 21, 2012 — Unlike their colorful wings, the future of monarch butterflies may not be too bright and their numbers are expected to be alarmingly down again this year, says a ... > full story -
Collaboration Rapidly Connects Fly Gene Discovery to Human Disease
March 20, 2012 — A collaborative study has discovered that mutations in the same gene that encodes part of the vital machinery of the mitochondrion can cause neurodegenerative disorders in both fruit flies and ... > full story -
A New Pipewort Species from a Unique, but Fragile Habitat in India
March 20, 2012 — The Laterite plateau of India is a fragile habitat, notable for its unique biodiversity of ephemeral plants. It blooms during the monsoon rains, but turns into a desert of hot rocks in the summer. A ... > full story -
How Monarch Butterflies Recolonize Northern Breeding Range
March 19, 2012 — New research reveals how monarchs recolonize the northern reaches of their breeding grounds -- information that will help preserve this migratory species threatened by loss of critical food and ... > full story
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