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Ant Alloparenting Is Controlled by Ancient Hunger Neuropeptides
Researchers identified two ancient hunger-regulating neuropeptides, NPF and Allatostatin A, that act as a molecular switch controlling which leafcutter ant workers tend larvae and which forage — revealing that evolution repurposed feeding circuits to build colony-wide childcare.
New Cavefish Species Found Under a U.S. Army Base Had Hidden There for Ages
A blind cavefish found in Bobcat Cave beneath Redstone Arsenal in northern Alabama has been formally identified as an entirely new genus and species — the first of its kind ever described by science, with its entire global population living under a single U.S. Army base.
Antarctica’s First Dinosaur Fossil Spent 40 Years Mislabeled in a Drawer
A bone fragment collected from Antarctica in 1985 sat mislabeled in museum storage for roughly 40 years before researchers identified it as an 82-million-year-old titanosaur vertebra — the first dinosaur fossil ever confirmed from the continent.
Miami Is America’s Most Termite-Infested City for the 4th Year Running
Miami has claimed the top spot on Orkin's annual termite cities ranking for four consecutive years, driven by invasive Formosan and Asian subterranean termites that form overlapping colonies beneath block after city block. Florida also places Tampa third, making the state home to two of the three most termite-threatened metros in the U.S.
Bipedal Crocodile Relative Had Tiny Arms and a Beak—Not a Dinosaur
A newly described Triassic species called Labrujasuchus expectatus was a genuine crocodile relative that walked bipedally, carried a toothless beak, and had markedly reduced forelimbs—a body plan scientists once assumed belonged exclusively to dinosaurs.
How Deep-Sea Giants Survive 5+ Years Without a Single Meal
A new study in Cell documents a supergiant deep-sea isopod surviving over five years without food, revealing an oversized stomach for mass storage and an ultra-slow metabolism — possibly regulated by a single gene — as the twin engines of extreme fasting survival. Greenland sharks, living past 400 years on minimal calories, run a strikingly similar biological playbook.Load More
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