Why do bees in the Amazon risk their own lives to protect the treehopper? And how do the treehoppers ask the bees for help?

A much different insect, the treehopper, has similar sucking mouthparts that can penetrate a tree’s bark to eat its sap. Its saliva prevents a tree from closing up the bite area. Like mosquitoes, ...

Inside the world of treehoppers, mini-marvels of the rainforest. These oddly-shaped insects have even stranger habits, like caring for their young and secretly communicating through inaudible ...