Kids, pets at risk for fire ant stings: Mississippi State University, Office...
Newswise — Fire ants can be more than unwelcome guests in the home lawn; their stings can be dangerous for children and pets who share play areas with the pests. Fire ant stings are characterized by...
View ArticleHow Do Ants Identify Different Members of Their Society?
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Ants, which are eusocial insects, have intrigued scientists for long as a model for cooperation inside a colony where they nurse the young, gather food and defend against...
View ArticleMedicinal food routinely sought out. By sick ants.
We humans take medicine when we’re sick. As do our primate cousins. Chimps, for example, snack on a bitter African shrub to combat intestinal worms. But the habit extends even to invertebrates. Take...
View ArticleThe world’s earliest known farmers weren’t humans, but Fijian ants
Fijian ants have been farming plants for three million years, new research from the University of Munich suggests. The ants rely on these plants to provide them with shelter. Three million years ago,...
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