Aggression prevents the better part of valor ... in fig wasps

Thursday, December 1, 2011 - 11:00 in Biology & Nature

Published online in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, the study confirms that placid male pollinator fig wasps work together to chew an escape tunnel for their females, before crawling back into the fig to die – the non-pollinating variety are too busy fighting each other to help.

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