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Naked Mole-Rats Prefer Low-Oxygen Air That Would Kill Most Mammals, Adding to Their List of Death-Defying Superpowers
These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their ...
Like other insects, individual bees survive our harsh winters in diapause, overwintering in different stages of their life cycle: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Those individuals survive safe from the ...
Flow Hive turned home beekeeping into a consumer product by letting keepers draw honey straight from the hive through a tap, ...
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Queen Bumblebees’ Tongues Aren’t Built for Slurping Nectar—Which Might Keep the Royals Homebound
Queen bumblebees have sparser hair on their tongues than worker bees, which makes them less efficient at lapping up nectar, ...
Learning doesn’t always mean flipping through heavy textbooks or sitting in a long lecture. Sometimes, it just takes ...
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