Scientists have known for decades that ants use a variety of small chemicals called pheromones in their communications. Perhaps the most classic example is the pheromone locus that insects place a (...)
Ants are skinny insects. Like their relatives, they have a narrow connection between their abdomen and chest. There is a biting mouth part, and the antennae are bent in the center. most ant seeds (...)
The six legs allow you to move while always maintaining a supportive tripod. There are millions of species of insects, all on six legs. This means that this number of changes will be selected imme (...)
Cockroaches have 13 chamber tubular hearts. Oxygenated blood enters each chamber through a pair of slit-like slits known as Ostia. The first chamber leads to the aorta, which in turn leads to the (...)