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1,546 results for: Bees

  1. Animals

    Climate change may bring dramatic behavior shifts

    Shifting temperatures and rainfall are expected to alter animal lifestyles from the poles to the tropics.

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  2. Plants

    Dastardly daisies

    This flower isn’t just any old sex cheat. It can be sexually deceptive three ways and in 3-D.

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  3. Animals

    Honeybees use right antennae to tell friend from foe

    Asymmetry in sense of smell alters insects' behavior in lab tests.

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  4. Chemistry

    Caffeine’s buzz attracts bees to flowers

    Nectar of some blooms carries the drug, which improves bee memory.

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  5. Animals

    Animals were the original twerkers

    From black widow spiders to birds and bees, shaking that booty goes way back.

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  6. Life

    Bees learn the electric buzz of flowers

    Floral electric fields could join color and fragrance as cues to pollinators.

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  7. Animals

    A brief history of animal death in space

    The Russian “sexy space geckos” join a long list of creatures that have died after humans sent them into space.

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  8. Tech

    Jellyfish-like flying machine takes off

    Mimicking sea creatures instead of insects leads to better hovering, scientists find.

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  9. Animals

    A corsage that bites

    The orchid mantis uses a flowery subterfuge to lure prey.

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  10. Health & Medicine

    Bee venom component might offer HIV protection

    A toxin delivered by nanoparticles stops the virus in a lab study.

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  11. Life

    Microscapes take off at D.C’s Dulles airport

    “Life: Magnified,” a display of microscope images depicting cells, microbes and details of life invisible to the naked eye runs from June to November.

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  12. Animals

    Unusual new species names of 2013

    Here are five species with tongue-twister titles.

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