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Infection

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Infection, diet reshape intestines differently

Diet changes and infection resize an organism’s intestines through different cellular strategies. In malnourished fruit flies, infectious microbes became a source of food, not just a threat.

  • Entomology
  • Health + Nutrition
  • Disease
Worker bees on a frame of honeycomb.

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Strict regulations have prevented continental U.S. beekeepers from participating in the lucrative organic honey market, but new findings could provide evidence to open organic markets to U.S. producers.

  • Entomology
  • Food
Tree swallow

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Tree swallows in the northern U.S. and Canada face the greatest risk from climate change despite responding to temperature the same way as tree swallows in the southern U.S.

  • Lab of Ornithology
  • Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
  • Animals
graphic of insects overlaying world map

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A new estimate of insect species globally finds that there may be 8 to 14 million more species than people thought, with few of them discovered.

  • Entomology
  • Biodiversity
Dairy cow in a field

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Heat stress on dairy cows not only decreases the amount of milk produced but also the fat and protein content, doubling the economic losses.

  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
  • Animals
  • Climate Change
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