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Desert locusts can switch from a crowd-hating solitary lifestyle (right: nymph at top, adult below) to a livelier, gregarious creature having bolder colors (left). A new study links the change to serotonin surges in the locust nervous system. Credit: IMAGE CREDIT: Tom Fayle


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