Microbes in the gut, lungs and biofilms do not simply exist as perfectly mixed populations; instead, they grow in layered and ...

Outraged by the Intolerable Acts, the Colonies decided to meet in Philadelphia on September 5, 1774, for the first Continental Congress. The crown’s harsh laws had backfired, reminding colonists that ...

A single queen in the tropics; large colonies in deserts; workers with uniform morphology in temperate regions; ant social structures vary according to environmental conditions. This is shown, for the ...

Honeybees have long depended entirely on flower pollen for a group of essential fats called sterols, nutrients they cannot ...

The mighty insect colonies of ants, termites and bees have been described as superorganisms. Through the concerted action of many bodies working towards a common goal, they can achieve great feats of ...