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It grows quickly and depends on adult worker ants to feed it. These workers decide how much and what kind of food the larva ...

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? As silly as it sounds, the question captures a real ...

Ants are among the most physically fragile insects on the planet, yet they dominate almost every land habitat and outweigh ...

Climate shapes how ants and parasite interact, fight, and evolve as temperature and humidity drive behavior and genetic ...

The rapid diversification of ants has “led to their role as ecological engineers” that can work in habitats across the world, ...

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Ants are among nature's greatest success stories, with an estimated 22,000 species worldwide. Tropical Australia in particular is a global hotspot for ant diversity. Some researchers believe it could ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

Isabella Muratore at the New Jersey Institute of Technology says studying army ants comes with certain occupational hazards. ISABELLA MURATORE: They're very aggressive. They have venom, so they will ...