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Sick Ant Pupae Signal Their Own Destruction, Study Shows

A Nature Communications study identifies a surface-bound chemical change in Lasius neglectus that alone triggers workers to unpack, wound, then sterilize with formic acid.

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New 105-Million-Year-Old Wasp in Spanish Amber Leads to Cretevania Genus Revision

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Parasitic Ant Queens Trick Colonies Into Killing Their Queen, Study Finds

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Ultra-Rare Pink Robust Grasshopper Confirmed in New Zealand’s Mackenzie Basin

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Case Report Confirms First Documented Death From Tick-Linked Red Meat Allergy

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Parasitic Ant Queens Trigger Worker Matricide to Seize Colonies, Study Finds

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Bumblebees Use Flash Duration To Choose Food Sources, Study Finds

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UVA Team Documents First Known Death From Tick-Linked Red Meat Allergy

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

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Horned ‘Lucifer’ Bee Described in Western Australia Raises Conservation Concerns

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Bumblebees Can Tell Short From Long Flashes, Guiding Foraging Choices

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

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

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Study Confirms World’s Largest Spider Web in Border Cave, Hosting 111,000 Spiders

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France Confirms First Pine Wood Nematode Outbreak, Sets 20 km Control Zone in Landes

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Energy Deficit, Not Lost Hours, Drives Rebound Sleep and Eating in Fruit Flies

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Lost 'White-Knuckled' Wolf Spider Rediscovered on Isle of Wight After 40 Years

Entomology

Sick Ant Pupae Signal Their Own Destruction, Study Shows

Pond Frogs Eat Giant Hornets Despite Repeated Stings, Study Shows

FIU Scientists Build Maggot Molecular Clock to Sharpen Time-of-Death Estimates

Terminally Ill Ant Pupae Signal Workers to Execute Them, Study Finds

New 105-Million-Year-Old Wasp in Spanish Amber Leads to Cretevania Genus Revision

Parasitic Ant Queens Trick Colonies Into Killing Their Queen, Study Finds

Ultra-Rare Pink Robust Grasshopper Confirmed in New Zealand’s Mackenzie Basin

Case Report Confirms First Documented Death From Tick-Linked Red Meat Allergy

Parasitic Ant Queens Trigger Worker Matricide to Seize Colonies, Study Finds

Bumblebees Use Flash Duration To Choose Food Sources, Study Finds

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UVA Team Documents First Known Death From Tick-Linked Red Meat Allergy

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

Horned ‘Lucifer’ Bee Described in Western Australia Raises Conservation Concerns

Bumblebees Can Tell Short From Long Flashes, Guiding Foraging Choices

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

Study Confirms World’s Largest Spider Web in Border Cave, Hosting 111,000 Spiders

France Confirms First Pine Wood Nematode Outbreak, Sets 20 km Control Zone in Landes

Energy Deficit, Not Lost Hours, Drives Rebound Sleep and Eating in Fruit Flies

Lost 'White-Knuckled' Wolf Spider Rediscovered on Isle of Wight After 40 Years

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