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Bees under the spotlight

June 30, 2014
Recent research has uncovered a novel biopesticide which is safe for bees and doesn’t affect their food foraging ability, while another study has found that this activity might be aided...

Somersaulting spider a new species

May 8, 2014
Just like a gymnast somersaulting across the floor, observations of a new species of spider shows it moving through its desert home by means of flic-flac jumps. The newly-found Cebrennus...

Antidepressants affect aquatic life

April 15, 2014
The presence of antidepressants in our aquatic ecosystem is threatening wildlife, affecting its behaviour and biological make-up. A researcher from the University of Portsmouth has discovered that lower than expected...

Circadian clock sensitive to vibration

March 10, 2014
The internal circadian clock of the fruit fly can be influenced by more than just the cycle of night and day say researchers in London, who found vibration also has...

Cognitive powers unique to humans

March 3, 2014
An area of the brain responsible for strategic planning, decision making and multi-tasking is unique to humans say researchers from the University of Oxford.By comparing brain MRI scans of 25...

Sudden collapse could await insect networks

February 20, 2014
Insect pollinators play a crucial role in food security and biodiversity and are already subject to increasingly harsh conditions – if these get any worse, numerous species could go suddenly...

Too few unsung heroes

January 30, 2014
The honeybee is the unsung hero of the countryside, but there are 13.4 million too few colonies to properly pollinate Europe’s crops.New research from the University of Reading shows that...

Aphids act as pawns to spread viruses

January 15, 2014
Aphids have become the pawns of crop-infecting viruses which influence their host and force them to change in a way that is beneficial to the parasite.In this example of extended...

Unique organ gives koalas low-pitched call

December 19, 2013
Koalas have an unusual mating call; its pitch is about 20 times lower than it should be for an animal of its size.The cause of the extremely low-pitched bellow calls...

Rudolf’s eye adaptation copes with extremes

December 11, 2013
Reindeers’ eyes have to function in extreme conditions – continuous summer daylight, followed by continuous winter darkness – and researchers have discovered they adapt their eye colour to deal with...

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