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Photo: Nataliia Dubnytska / Getty Images How Queen Bumblebees Are (Almost) Immune to Drowning
They can remain underwater for a full week.
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Photo: Katzke, J., Hita Garcia, F., Lösel, P.D. et al. / Nat Methods Scientists Scanned 2,000 Ants for a 3D Database, and the Results Are Pretty Creepy
Researchers hope that this technology can be used to build a massive compendium of all life itself.
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Mint Images/Getty Images Are America’s Insects Dying Off?
Scientists are having a really hard time determining which insects in North America are at risk of extinction.
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Photo: Image Source / Getty Images Something Funny Happened When Scientists Tried to Make People Look at Spiders
It can’t get you if you don’t look.
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Photo: Andreyuu / Getty Images Humans Are Causing Ant Colony Civil Wars
We’re accidentally turning ants’ hyper-functional, ultra-cooperative societies paranoid and aggressive.
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Mathisa_s/Getty Images These Baby Butterflies Speak Ant—and Use It to Trick the Colony Into Taking Care of Them
A new study suggests that some butterfly caterpillars infiltrate ant colonies by mimicking the scent and sounds of ants.
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Humberto Ramirez/Getty Images 7 Animals That Do Truly Disgusting Things to Defend Themselves
Because nature is metal as heck.
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Photo: Ирина Мещерякова / Getty Images Your Dog’s Poop Has an Unexpected Effect on the Insects That Eat It
Maybe your dog’s meds are doing too good a job?
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