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Wing color not just for looks

Harvard and Russian researchers have documented natural selection’s role in the creation of new species through a process called reinforcement, where butterfly wing colors differ enough to avoid...

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Ants are surprisingly ancient, arising 140-168 million years ago

Ants are considerably older than previously believed, having originated 140 million to 168 million years ago, according to new Harvard University research published in the journal Science. But these...

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Forests, reefs, mountaintop illuminate tropical biology

Morning came in the middle of the night in the hikers’ hut partway up the side of Borneo’s towering Mount Kinabalu. At 2 a.m., after just a few hours’ sleep, the Harvard Summer School students slowly...

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Nabokov’s blues

In 1967, novelist Vladimir Nabokov was asked what he might have done had he not become an author. “It is not improbable that had there been no revolution in Russia, I would have devoted myself entirely...

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Wonders of attraction

All over the world, bees, butterflies, and even bacteria are engaged in dramatic relationships about which, until recently, scientists knew little. Yet understanding these relationships is key to...

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Wing color not just for looks

Harvard and Russian researchers have documented natural selection’s role in the creation of new species through a process called reinforcement, where butterfly wing colors differ enough to avoid...

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Ants are surprisingly ancient, arising 140-168 million years ago

Ants are considerably older than previously believed, having originated 140 million to 168 million years ago, according to new Harvard University research published in the journal Science. But these...

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Forests, reefs, mountaintop illuminate tropical biology

Morning came in the middle of the night in the hikers’ hut partway up the side of Borneo’s towering Mount Kinabalu. At 2 a.m., after just a few hours’ sleep, the Harvard Summer School students slowly...

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Nabokov’s blues

In 1967, novelist Vladimir Nabokov was asked what he might have done had he not become an author. “It is not improbable that had there been no revolution in Russia, I would have devoted myself...

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Wonders of attraction

All over the world, bees, butterflies, and even bacteria are engaged in dramatic relationships about which, until recently, scientists knew little. Yet understanding these relationships is key to...

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Pitcher plant samples from opposite sides of the globe are surprisingly similar

The natural world is full of examples of what biologists call convergent evolution — instances where unrelated creatures developed similar traits in response to similar evolutionary pressures. But can...

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Pesticide exposure can dramatically impact bees’ social behavior

For bees, being social is everything. Whether it’s foraging for food, caring for the young, using their bodies to generate heat or to fan the nest, or building and repairing nests, a bee colony does...

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Understanding how evolution shaped the insect visual system

Marjorie Liénard had a classic eureka moment in the summer of 2018 when, as a postdoctoral researcher, the experiment that could one day help fully probe the molecular details of insect vision finally...

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Using leeches to map biodiversity

Scientists looking to measure the biodiversity of wild animals in a nature reserve are taking their lead from leeches. In a new study led by a team of Harvard researchers, DNA samples extracted from...

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