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Behavior to eat maternal skin in legless species
Biology

Behavior to eat maternal skin in legless species

According to the researchers, the phenomenon of their skin-eating young offspring not only exists in a single species, but also has a long history of at least 100 millio…

December 17, 2018
Bees are like us when making decisions
Biology

Bees are like us when making decisions

Most people think before making a decision, for bees as well. According to a Nature article, Israeli researchers have shown that when deciding, people and bees share a r…

December 17, 2018
No smell, no sex in Japanese beetles
Biology

No smell, no sex in Japanese beetles

If a male bug of the Japanese beetle family cannot detect pheromone sex hormone produced by the female, it will not be able to determine the location of the female as we…

December 17, 2018
The beard's beard function for memory
Biology

The beard's beard function for memory

We all know that the right and left brain hemispheres perform different tasks. Lesions in the left hemisphere weaken language use and perception. The right hemisphere of…

December 17, 2018
The parasite turns the host into a bodyguard
Biology

The parasite turns the host into a bodyguard

There are many examples of parasites that bring about strange behavior changes for their hosts. For example, trematodes can cause ants, intermediate hosts, to move onto…

December 17, 2018
Flies ambient temperature measured how?
Biology

Flies ambient temperature measured how?

Flies, unlike humans, cannot regulate the ambient temperature so they need to choose the most suitable breeding ground. Brandeis University's new study published in this…

December 17, 2018
The bee's dance breaks the cultural barrier
Biology

The bee's dance breaks the cultural barrier

An international team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time that Asian and European honey bees can learn to understand each other's dance language despite e…

December 17, 2018
10 species of new creatures typical in the world
Biology

10 species of new creatures typical in the world

International Institute for Species Exploration at Arizona State University in collaboration with the International Classification Committee of Science published a list…

December 17, 2018
Right to create, create ... eyes for creatures
Biology

Right to create, create ... eyes for creatures

British scientists, Professor Nicholas Dale and Elizabeth Jones of the University of Warwick, England, injected an enzyme into the frog embryo. Strangely, just inject in…

December 17, 2018
Found glowing fish-like creatures in the dark
Biology

Found glowing fish-like creatures in the dark

The researchers found these bi-amphibious organisms, also called lanceletes, which contained green fluorescent proteins that could act as concealed shields.

December 17, 2018
Termites - the world's fastest creatures
Biology

Termites - the world's fastest creatures

Blink and you'll miss this scene: a trivial termite Termes panamensis claps its jaws at a rate that passes through all the movement of mechanical energy on Earth.

December 17, 2018