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Research Update Hearing the Dawn Chorus: Okinawa’s New Acoustic Monitoring Network Using remote acoustic monitoring to track bird activity on Okinawa for the first time, scientists examined the distribution of birds on Okinawa. 06 November 2017
Research Update Toxic Cocktail: Okinawan Pit Viper Genome Reveals Evolution of Snake Venom Researchers have sequenced the Taiwan habu genome, comparing it to that of the Sakishima habu. These invasive species may be not as well-known as the native habu in Okinawa, pictured here. 04 October 2017
Institutional News Robbed of Royalty: mutilation and social determination of female Diacamma ants Triggered by mutilation, expression of select genes determines social castes in Diacamma ants 17 February 2017
Institutional News Surf and Turf: How Land Use in Okinawa Affects the Ocean OIST researchers are investigating coral-damaging sediment runoff from the land to the ocean. 27 January 2017
Research Update Dragon Ants Are Coming: New ‘Game of Thrones' Species Identified Modern technology helps taxonomy to identify new ant species. 22 July 2016
Research Update Ancient Ants Leaving a Modern Trail Past land connections, as well as current climate, are shown to be of primary importance in determining ant diversity patterns. 09 June 2016
Research Update Unravelling the Costs of Rubber Agriculture on Biodiversity A striking decline in ant biodiversity found on land converted to a rubber plantation in China. 17 May 2016
Research Update How the Ant Queen Gets Her Crown: Uncovering the Evolution of Queen-Worker Differences Networks of co-expressed genes are found to be different between queen and worker ants. 11 April 2016
Research Update Takamine Ants Collection Finds Home at OIST Okinawan ant expert Mr. Hidetsune Takamine donates his valuable ant collection to OIST. 27 November 2015
Research Update Sex Determination in Ants OIST researchers discover what makes ants male or female. 25 November 2015
Research Update Tropical Ants in Europe Comparisons of fossil and modern ant databases show where biodiversity changed and where it stayed the same. 08 October 2015
Research Update Honey Bees Rapidly Evolve to Overcome New Disease Scientists find bees can recover from destructive mites within a few years. 19 August 2015