[ad_1] The first wings on Earth may have evolved from the sunken legs of an ancient flightless crustacean. Today, modern crabs, lobsters, shrimp and shrimp are sometimes called sea bugs, and as part of the arthropod family, which is characterized by strong armor and segmented joints, the name makes sense. …
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[ad_1] Ants are rather organized little creatures. Highly social insects, they know how to forage, build complicated nests, steal pantry snacks, and generally take care of the queens and the colony, all working together. Leaf cutter ants increase this collaboration by several levels. Colonies of leaf cutter ants like Acromyrmex …
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[ad_1] This 3D rendering, created from computed tomography scans of the mid-section region of the diabolical armored beetle, was x-rayed at the Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source. This region, known as the medial suture, is where you connect the two halves of the beetle’s exoskeleton. (Credit: Jesus Rivera / UC …
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