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Ant queens have good reasons for eating their own babies

Feasting on family members may be an unorthodox way for ant queens to keep their fledgling colonies from being overrun by lethal fungi

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Fluffy beetle discovered in Australia may be the world's hairiest

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A new species of fluffy longhorn beetle found in Queensland, Australia

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City moths may have evolved smaller wings due to light pollution

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Bumblebees show each other how to solve complex puzzles

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Deadly plant kills its pollinators but nurses their young

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Air pollution is changing the scent of flowers and confusing insects

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Stunning slo-mo videos show how insects survive raindrop collisions

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Insects thrive on solar farms planted with native flowers

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Locusts spun in a centrifuge develop extra-strong exoskeletons

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‘Insect-eye’ compass can navigate by the sun even on a cloudy day

By mimicking how some insects use polarised light to navigate, a light-detecting compass can tell where magnetic north is even if clouds are covering the sun

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Ants treat their own fungal infections by eating aphids

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Some insects disguise themselves as spiders to avoid getting eaten

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Emergence of huge cicada generation in 2021 led to a caterpillar boom

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Paris's bedbug problem is probably no worse than other major cities

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