Some ants rescue trapped nestmates, and differences in nervous-system gene activity may help explain why individuals respond ...
Why do some ants help nestmates in distress while others don't? A research team from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU ...
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THE ANT THAT WAITS FOR THE DESERT TO TURN DEADLY, THEN GOES OUTSIDE ON PURPOSE Learning that an animal deliberately waits for ...
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The ant mounds on the heath, in the forest and in your garden are oases for life. The heat and nutrients from ant mounds make them the perfect home for unique plant and animal species, according to ...
Ants make up one of the most diverse groups of animals on the planet, with many species boasting remarkable physical abilities and social behaviors, and an overall species richness that far exceeds ...
Crawling along the underbrush of the tropical savannas of Brazil, there’s a powerful and mysterious insect known as the velvet ant. Actually a kind of wasp, wingless females of this species ...
A fungus can turn an infected ant into what scientists describe as a real-life ‘zombie ’, taking over its behaviour in a way ...
The ant acacia is a small, thorny tree found in different parts of Costa Rica. It is famous, not for its impressive thorns or its ability to thrive in harsh environmental conditions, but because of ...
When the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia last week presented its Leidy Medal to Dr. William Morton Wheeler, internationally famed zoologist, longtime Dean of the Bussey Institution for ...