Aphid soldiers found to sacrifice themselves to protect their colony from predators
Tuesday, April 16, 2019 - 08:20
in Biology & Nature
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in Japan has found that soldier aphids willingly sacrifice their own lives when they attempt to protect their colony from predators. In their paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group outlines their study of the small insects and what they found.