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The Tapeworm That Makes Ants Live as Long as Qu...
A woodpecker tapeworm turns acorn ant workers yellow, lazy and pampered, and lets them live as long as their queen. Their healthy sisters pay for it.
The Tapeworm That Makes Ants Live as Long as Qu...
A woodpecker tapeworm turns acorn ant workers yellow, lazy and pampered, and lets them live as long as their queen....
Why Lazy Ants Keep Their Colonies Alive
Lots of ants in a colony seem to do nothing at all. Experiments and simulations suggest these 'lazy' workers are a reserve that steps in when the busiest workers are...
Why Lazy Ants Keep Their Colonies Alive
Lots of ants in a colony seem to do nothing at all. Experiments and simulations suggest these 'lazy' workers are...
The Argentine Ant World War: One Global Superco...
Argentine ants have built supercolonies hundreds of kilometres wide, fight stalemated border wars that kill millions, and may belong to one family spread across three continents.
The Argentine Ant World War: One Global Superco...
Argentine ants have built supercolonies hundreds of kilometres wide, fight stalemated border wars that kill millions, and may belong to...
Stingless Bee Wars: Robber Bees, Soldier Bees, ...
Stingless bees can't sting, but they still go to war. Robber bees raid other hives, Jataí bees evolved the first bee soldiers to stop them, and Australian sugarbag bees fight...
Stingless Bee Wars: Robber Bees, Soldier Bees, ...
Stingless bees can't sting, but they still go to war. Robber bees raid other hives, Jataí bees evolved the first...
Plants That Hire Armies: Myrmecophytes, Ant Con...
Some plants pay ants in housing and food to fight for them. Some trap their ants into the deal, some punish ants that slack off, and in Kenya, losing the...
Plants That Hire Armies: Myrmecophytes, Ant Con...
Some plants pay ants in housing and food to fight for them. Some trap their ants into the deal, some...
Ants Quarantine Sick Aphids to Stop Outbreaks i...
Aphid-tending ants can spot aphids carrying a deadly fungus and remove them before the disease wipes out the herd.
Ants Quarantine Sick Aphids to Stop Outbreaks i...
Aphid-tending ants can spot aphids carrying a deadly fungus and remove them before the disease wipes out the herd.
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