The cage fungus looks and smells like decaying meat — on purpose. Its goopy lattice gives off a rotten odor that attracts flies, which help spread its spores far and wide. It’s like a bee to a flower, but way more macabre and putrid.
Researchers use invisible lasers, ghastly wasps and more trickery to protect orange groves
As they gorge, oblique streaktail hoverflies help keep orange trees safe from disease.
Why is that yellowjacket crashing your BBQ? She’s gathering food for the nest’s larvae.
