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Researchers have been investigating the molecular mechanisms responsible for determining sex in ants. Although the vast majority of an ant colony consists of female workers, males are essential to the ...

I once became fascinated by the concept of "complete communication" in Bernard Werber’s 1991 novel *The Ants*. Humans cannot achieve complete communication because we convey intentions through ...

A wildlife trafficking story in Kenya has shifted from elephants and rhinos to creatures small enough to fit inside a tube. In April, a Chinese national was sentenced to one year in prison and fined ...

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