Observing insect colonies in their natural state has always been a scientific interest for humans, whether it’s bees, butterflies or ants. A toy formicarium released in the 1950s helped bring ant ...

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. Click here to read my affiliate policy. Ants farm aphids. They care for them, offer protection, and literally “farm” them – much like humans farm their ...

This installment of Farm Your Yard originally aired November 3, 2015. Halloween 2015 is becoming a distant memory. I am not ready, however, to let go of telling spooky scary stories, so I’ve got one ...

Despite the Xbox 360s, lifelike squawking hamsters and remote-controlled flying fairies now on the market, my 8-year-old daughter asked for just one thing last Christmas: an ant farm. I found that ...

I never would have thought that I could use the term “ant farm” so literally. But Farm 432 is doing just that with their DIY larva growing system, expecting farmers to eat the ‘fruits’ of their labors ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Myrmecophily is pronounced mur-muh-KOF-uh-lee and literally means ant love. With a pretty literal meaning, it refers to the ...

What do avalanches have to do with ants" Vandermeer and co-author Ivette Perfecto, a professor at the U-M School of Natural Resources and Environment, have been studying ants and other associated ...

Around 50 million years ago, some ants in South America decided to give up the old hunter-gatherer routine and try their hand at a new way of feeding themselves. They began tending fungi, fertilizing ...

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