Atta cephalotes (Leaf-cutter ants), Wilhelma Zoo, Stuttgart, Germany. Credit: Pjt56 / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 Scientists at the Universities of Bath and Sussex have…
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Researchers discover a worker of the hell ant Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri grasping a nymph of Caputoraptor elegans (Alienoptera) preserved in amber dated to ~99 Ma. Credit:…
The Thistle-down velvet ant (Dasymutilla gloriosa), a type of wasp, is a rare example of a white-colored creature in a desert climate. USU researchers investigated…
This week, scientists of the Institute of Bee Health of the University of Bern have published an article in the peer-reviewed journal Communications Biology, which…
Turtle ant soldiers defend the entrance of their nests with elaborate armors: their heads. Credit: Scott Powell, George Washington University Turtle ant soldiers look like…
Argentine ant workers. Credit: Gert Brovad Sanitary care by social ants shapes disease outcome — study published in Ecology Letters. Who wins in a competition…
Ant behavior theorists Chris Tokita, an ecology and evolutionary biology graduate student, and his adviser Corina Tarnita found that division of labor and political polarization…
Newly discovered ant species Strumigenys ananeotes. Credit: Jack Longino/University of Utah Jack Longino is a global ant expert and has traveled the world documenting and…
The first app of its kind allows users to interact with biodiversity research through augmented reality. An ant the size of a lion isn’t as…
Saharan Silver Ants Are World’s Fastest Ants According to Noël Coward, mad dogs and Englishmen are the only creatures that go out in the midday…