Ants in the Desert

Ants navigate by leaving scent trails, marking their journeys by leaving pheremones in their wake, to be followed by other ants or to find their way back home. Desert ants can’t do that, since it’s too windy there, and scents dissipate. Here’s how they compensate. A video by Robert Krulwich and Jason Orfanon, animated by OddTodd (Todd Rosenberg).

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We’re Saving the Wrong Bees

Efforts at saving honey bees may make people feel good and agribiz happy, but the little critters are really buzzing bad boys. Wild bees are better for the environment. A Deutsche Welle video.

More:

“The Problem with Honey Bees,” Alison McAfee, Scientific American

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Rappin’ ’bout Brood X Cicadas

Rapper MC Bugg-Z (entomologist Andy Lima) has the 411 on those 6-legged 17-year cicadas.

More:

“A Fairfax Entomologist Is Rapping His Welcome To The Brood X Cicadas,” Jacob Fenston, DCist

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