Tuesday, February 28, 2017

The value of nutrition and exercise, according to a moth

02/28/2017 11:52 AM EST

an adult Manduca sexta moth

How can animals that feed mostly on sugar embark on migrations spanning continents? What looked like flawed scientific data led to an unexpected discovery, thanks to the tenacity of a group of biologists in the University of Arizona's Department of Entomology.


Full story at https://uanews.arizona.edu/story/value-nutrition-and-exercise-according-moth

Source
University of Arizona


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