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Photo: Mark W. Moffett; Ecology and Evolution Scientists Found an Ant Car Wash in the Desert, and It’s Exactly What It Sounds Like
Ants, they’re just like us…except we don’t clean fellow adults with our mouths.
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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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