entomology
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This New Amber Discovery Is Like The Start Of Jurassic Park But With Ancient Monkeys
A tick sucks some monkey blood. A monkey’s grooming partner picks the tick off. The tick lands in some sap. The whole thing fossilises. Scientists discover the cells inside the tick in the amber. They turn the blood cells into monkey clones, and you essentially have some sort of Jurassic Park in real life.
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Zika Outbreak Is A ‘Temperature Driven Eruption,’ Say Scientists
While it’s too early to say exactly why this year’s outbreak has been so vicious, our recent record-breaking global heat wave offers one possible explanation. As if Zika virus couldn’t get any scarier.
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Parasitic Wasps Genetically Enslave Butterflies
It’s official: Parasitic wasps are the slave drivers of the insect kingdom. But if you’re thinking whips and chains, you’re not giving evolution nearly enough credit. Wasps enslave with biological warfare, genetically programming caterpillars to be the perfect hosts.
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Urban Ants Are Adapted To Junk Food
Anyone who’s ever dropped an ice cream cone knows that ants love sugar. But for ants that live on city streets and pavements, junk food may be a matter of survival.