New A team of researchers including scientists from the University of Florida has shown insect colonies follow some of the same biological "rules" as individuals, a finding that suggests insect societies operate like a single "superorganism" in terms of their physiology and life [...]

Here's a study to file under "unworkable but very cool." A group of Japanese researchers has developed a mosquito that spreads vaccine instead of disease. Even the researchers admit, however, that regulatory and ethical problems will prevent the critters from ever taking wing—at least [...]

You've learned about the goals of NASA's life sciences researchers: they want to learn how to keep astronauts safe on their journey to distant places. One method they use is to send a model animal specimen into space and observe what happens to it. Biological systems are similar across many species.

Scientists study Drosophila as a model specimen because of their very short life and reproduction cycle. In fact, their life cycles only last about 14 days! Since fruit flies don't live forever, reproduction is critical to keep the species alive.

 This is the ant which everybody knows, the good old garden ant.  It is found everywhere and no matter what you do, short of sterilising the ground which kills everything, you have just got to live with it.