Most ants fight, freeze, or flee when danger strikes, but one tiny species pulls off an escape trick that seems almost too ...
When Saharan surface temperatures soar past 120°F, every creature retreats to safety except one tiny ant that sprints out into the open. The biology keeping it alive long enough to eat is stranger ...
We explain how the Indian Queenless ant species has a single reproductive female who mutilates her sisters to remove the competition!
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An Ant Trail Looks Organised Because Each Ant Is Following a Smell and Adding to It
There is a strong temptation to explain organised-looking animal behaviour by assuming somebody is ...
About 66 million years ago, the asteroid that ended the age of the dinosaurs paved the way for a spectacular expansion of new ...
A very wise and sneaky species of ant creates a trap to capture prey within a plant, all while protecting the plant itself.
Most ants are tiny, but Dinoponera gigantea can grow to more than 3 cm. Here’s what makes this giant Amazonian ant unusual.
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 ...
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 ...
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