Barn owls swoop down on rodents and swallow them whole – gophers, voles and mice, gone in a few gulps. But how do they keep down all that food? Well, they don’t. In a few stomach-turning steps, they transform the varmints into compact balls of fur and bones known as pellets.
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.
