Climate ‘tipping points’ could push us past the point-of-no-return after less than 2 degrees of warming
By Ben Turner – Staff Writer 6/12/2021 Knock-on effects could transform the Amazon rainforest into savannah Ice melt in Antarctica and Greenland drives changes to sea level and…
Researchers discover a gene in honey bees that causes virgin birth
by University of Sydney In a study published today in Current Biology, researchers from University of Sydney have identified the single gene that determines how Cape honey…
Bees can wear backpacks now thanks to the University of Washington
Image source: University of Washington By Mike Wehner@MikeWehnerDecember 14th, 2018 at 2:53 PM By Mike Wehner@MikeWehner December 14th, 2018 at 2:53 PM As you might have guessed,…
A single honeybee has cloned itself hundreds of millions of times
LIFE 8 June 2021 By Christa Lesté-Lasserre The workers of a South African subspecies of honeybee can clone themselves, with one individual having done so many millions of…
How plants distinguish between good and bad microbes
By Chrissy Sexton Earth.com staff writer In a new study from the American Phytopathological Society, researchers are shedding new light on how plants distinguish between microbes that…
Why are small dogs so fierce?
By Tara Santora – Live Science Contributor Why do tiny dogs act like they’re 10 feet tall? With their large, muscular bodies, dogs such as…
The emerging science of human screams
by Cell Press July 16, 2015 Our noisy world is no match for a screaming infant. An airplane could be flying by as a house party…
Honeybee ‘Trojan horse’ virus relies on bees’ habit of cannibalizing their young
By Cameron Duke – Live Science Contributor 12 days ago An increasingly virulent pathogen is turning hygienic cannibalism on its head. A virus that leaves…
The Mysterious Sex Lives of Hawaii’s Endangered Yellow-Faced Bees
By Joseph Castro December 01, 2016 In late September 2016, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) added seven of Hawaii’s yellow-faced bee species to…
Is The Variant From India The Most Contagious Coronavirus Mutant On The Planet?
May 7, 20213:24 PM ET – MICHAELEEN DOUCLEFF The numerals in the illustration show the main mutation sites of the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in…
