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A Michigan bear roamed the woods for two years with an awful lid on his neck. Not anymore. Bear caged for 4 years makes first ...

With about 600 different species of bees in Washington, you would think it would be easy to spot one. But that black and yellow insect you see quickly darting from flower to flower could just as easil ...

More information: Blanca R. Peto et al, Social control of egg-laying in independently nest-founding bumble bee queens, BMC Ecology and Evolution (2025). DOI: 10.1186/s12862-025-02364-0 ...