The small insect with a big heart: the 'giving' aphids endangered by their selflessness
Wednesday, February 3, 2010 - 05:49
in Biology & Nature
One of the founding principles of Darwin's theory is that biological evolution has been shaped by the survival of the fittest. Things, however, are not always that simple as researchers from Royal Holloway, University of London have discovered while analysing the social behaviour of aphids.