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larvae stories: 3 news summaries

Cheating, Corruption Rampant in Ant Society

Secret elite exploits workers with its DNA

Mar 13, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A power-mad elite is secretly rigging the system so their offspring rise to power, LiveScience reports. That’s the situation a team of researchers has discovered in ant society—not exactly the epitome of community collaboration once thought. Until now, it appeared that any properly-fed larvae could hatch into a... More »

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evolution • DNA • ants • nature • animal behavior • larvae • nature vs. nurture • queen ants

Climate Change Can Even Muck Up Deepest Sea Creatures

Ocean life in the dark still relies on sunlight

Sep 10, 07 3:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Scientists have discovered that even the bizarre creatures that live on chemical ooze in the blackest, deepest parts of the ocean aren't safe from environmental disasters. It turns out that larvae of tiny deep-sea shrimp live on microscopic plants that rely on sunlight and filter down from the surface. More »

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climate change • environment • ocean • sunlight • shrimp • larvae

Docs Close to Stamping Out Guinea Worm

Worldwide campaign may eradicate the second disease ever

Jun 23, 07 1:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - In a campaign led by Jimmy Carter, world public health authorities have decreased the incidence of guinea worm disease (formally known as dracunculiasis) from 3.5 million cases in 1986 to just over 25,000 in 2006. Guinea worm is a parasite transmitted through water to humans that causes excruciating... More »

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health • Jimmy Carter • disease • public health • dracunculiasis • guinea worm • parasite • larvae

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