In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...
A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species. These queen Iberian harvester ants (Messor ibericus) are ...
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Some smaller ants will clean bigger ants and scientists aren’t sure what’s in it for either of them
In 2006, biologist Mark Moffett noticed an unusual behavior. The usually aggressive harvester ants would park themselves near the nests of the much smaller cone ants. They just stayed there, like ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Southern states familiar with an invasive, stinging ant are facing a new foe: A hybrid bug that combines the fierce red fire ant ...
In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, several cleaner ants tend to a harvester ant by licking tiny particles off the larger ant's body. In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants ...
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