SOLS News

Old paths to new changes: How social insects find their roles

Paper wasps are primitive social insects. But when a paper wasp larvae slips into the quiet pupal stage, she doesn't know if she'll arise a worker or gyne (a future queen). Unless, of course, she consults with Arizona State University's social insect researcher Gro Amdam. --by Margaret Coulombe

All that glitters is not gold

Butterflies have taken their colors and flash seriously--into the ultraviolet wavelengths where humans cannot see, but butterflies can. They utilize pigments and nanoscale structures that make human nanofabrication look downright crude, and make female butterflies swoon. (full text in SOLS News)

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