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  1. Life

    Life

    Killer baby birds, the secret to a glowworm’s gleam and more in this week’s news.

    By Science News
  2. Life

    Life

    Bats are savvy shoppers for insect snacks, plus heartless dinos and worm evolution in this week’s news.

    By Science News
  3. Life

    Life

    Happy orangutans, vitamins from pollinators and ancient bug eyes in this week's news

    By Science News
  4. Life

    Worries grow over monarch butterflies

    Migrants overwintering in Mexico rebounded somewhat this past winter, but still trending downward.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Plants

    Flirty Plants

    Searching for signs of picky, competitive mating in a whole other kingdom.

    By Susan Milius
  6. Life

    Life

    Jellyfish keep eyes on the sky, plus hot mosquitoes, the key to royal jelly and more in this week’s news.

    By Science News
  7. Life

    Life

    The perils of insect enslavement, bats’ hairy flight and crustacean-inspired optics in this week’s news.

    By Science News

  8. BOOK REVIEW: Annoying: The Science of What Bugs Us by Joe Palca and Flora Lichtman

    Review by Devin Powell.

    By Science News

  9. Backup Bees

    Luring and taming wild pollinators for help on the farm.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Life

    Deadly for bugs, perfect for bat naps

    A death chamber for insects, the interior of a carnivorous pitcher plant doubles as a cozy daytime roost for small, flying woolly mammals.

    By Susan Milius
  11. Life

    Biologists go bats for storm-watch data

    Borrowing meteorologists’ weather radar info may reveal new view of the ecology of flying animals.

    By Susan Milius

  12. 2011 Science News of the Year: Molecules

    Molecular muscle does the job Chemists often wish they could reach into a test tube and physically force a chemical reaction — and now they’ve come pretty darn close. In a feat of molecular arm-twisting, researchers attached polymer chains to an extremely stable ring-shaped molecule and tore it in two (SN Online: 9/15/11). The new […]

    By Science News