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Parasitic Ant Queens Trick Workers Into Killing Their Mother, Video-Backed Study Finds

A Current Biology study documents chemical manipulation that turns host workers against their queen.

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Study Quantifies Surge in African Penguin–Fishery Overlap During Low Fish Years

New Filter-Feeding Pterosaur, Bakiribu Waridza, Described From Fossilized Vomit

Lab Study Finds Argentine Ants Disrupt Bumble Bee Foraging, Reducing Food Returned to Hives

Science Study of Arctic Bonebed Reveals Rapid Post-Extinction Rise of Marine Tetrapod Ecosystems

New Middle Triassic Crocodile-Line Predator, Tainrakuasuchus bellator, Described From Brazil

Hawaiian Pilot Whales Eat Roughly 82–202 Squid a Day, Study Finds

Australia’s Oldest Crocodilian Eggshells Identified as Mekosuchine, Hinting at ‘Drop Croc’ Lifestyles

New Mycorrhizal Fungus Identified in 407-Million-Year-Old Scottish Fossil

Israel Begins Feeding Desalinated Water Into the Kinneret to Counter Steep Declines

Drought Drives Rise in Human–Wildlife Clashes Across California, Study Finds

Study Finds 106-Square-Meter Cave Web on Albania–Greece Border Hosting About 110,000 Spiders

WA Backs 150-Kilometer Water Barrier to Halt Cane Toads’ Push Toward the Pilbara

Whale-Cam Captures Remoras Timing Perfect Detachments Around Humpback Breaches

Colorado Confirms Death of Reintroduced Wolf 2506 With Federal Review Underway

Scientists Document 100-Square-Metre Cave Web Housing About 110,000 Spiders

Possible Largest Spider Web, Home to 111,000 Spiders, Documented in Balkan Cave

U.N. Report Warns Northern Forests Near Carbon Tipping Point Ahead of COP30

Whale-Mounted Cameras Reveal Remoras’ Agile Rides on Migrating Humpbacks

Great Barrier Reef Modeling Projects Rapid Decline, Conditional Recovery Below 2°C