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Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food

Wasps drum with their stomachs to tell each other about food

6 April 2018

German yellowjacket wasps alert each other to food by drumming their abdomens against the nest wall, in a wasp equivalent of the famous honeybee “waggle dance”
Palm trees have been spotted changing sex for the first time

Palm trees have been spotted changing sex for the first time

5 April 2018

Four Quindío wax palms in Colombia have changed sex from male to female, which was thought to be impossible for such plants
Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

Virtuoso bowhead whales constantly make up new songs

3 April 2018

Bowhead whales are such talented singers they can make two sounds simultaneously, and they invent new songs every year

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