After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...
The first time Marcela Cosarinsky saw a nest of Atta vollenweideri leaf-cutter ants, it was the late 1990s and she was in an ...
Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well. Ants are many things. Like, they're very ...
In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...
A unique “choreography” between two ant species suggests a distinctive partnership in which one provides a carwash service to ...
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Small ants observed cleaning large ants in the Arizona desert — a new behavior in insects
Learn more about a newly observed insect behavior in which smaller ants clean larger ants.
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This tiny invasive ant in SC packs a mean, possibly deadly, sting and could be hiding in your mulch
A sting from an Asian needle ant can trigger anaphylaxis. The invasive species has been in the South for 90 years, but has ...
Ants are many things. Like, they're very strong for their size, and they're intensely social. And, as Ari Daniel reports, they might be sources of architectural inspiration, too, for designing spaces ...
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