Richa Malhotra

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Tadpoles piggyback on strangers to avoid getting eaten — by siblings

When frog fathers go missing, their young are in grave danger. To escape the deadly jaws of their own siblings, these young turn to strangers.

May 15, 2017 in Live Science, News, Writing Samples.

Female dragonflies drop dead to avoid males

It’s their way of rejecting unrequited love.

May 1, 2017 in Live Science, News, Writing Samples.

Wasp turns host into a self-sacrificing zombie

Meet the head-borer wasp that eats its way out into the world through another wasp’s head.

January 25, 2017 in Live Science, News, Writing Samples.

Newfound bugs have strange body proportions

They have slender bodies, swollen legs, eyes that run down to the mouth and “tails” that are longer than themselves.

September 8, 2016 in Live Science, News, Writing Samples.

Mummy face

A 3D-printed replica of a 2000-year old Egyptian mummy’s skull is helping scientists answer how the individual may have died

August 30, 2016 in Live Science, News, Writing Samples.
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