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April 11, 2008

INSECTS & SPIDERS: Spiders play dead for sex, how to make a queen bee, foiling the mosquito's …

April 10, 2008

Fermenting soy reduces its allergenicity by 99 percent.

April 9, 2008

Royal jelly creates queen bees by changing gene expression.

April 8, 2008

Some spiders will play dead for sex.

April 7, 2008

The insect repellent DEET doesn't repel mosquitoes so much as confuse them.

April 4, 2008

PREDATORS & PREY: Snakes foil toxic newts, alligators maneuver with their lungs, monkeys sound …

April 3, 2008

Alligators use their lungs to help them sneak up on prey.

April 2, 2008

A listener asks: where and when were cats first domesticated?

April 1, 2008

Eating a toxic newt could kill a human, so why can some hungry snakes get away with it?

March 31, 2008

Some monkeys combine their alarm calls to create an entirely new meaning.