Worker wasps grow visual brains, queens stay in dark
Monday, January 6, 2014 - 22:30
in Biology & Nature
A queen in a paperwasp colony largely stays in the dark. The worker wasps, who fly outside to seek food and building materials, see much more of the world around them. A new study indicates that the brain regions involved in sensory perception also develop differently in these castes, according to the different behavioral reliance on the senses.