In a nod to the Harry Potter series, the menacing visage of Lord Voldemort has inspired the name of a newly discovered ...

These polymers can be left behind as waste products with no further use. A specialized microbial community composed of fungus, leafcutter ants, and bacteria is known to naturally degrade plants, ...

In fact, ants can be useful scavengers and pollinators. Their tunneling and burrowing activities can aerate and enrich the ...

Via vivid prose, Hevron (The Longest Journey) introduces the leafcutter ants of Central America’s tropical forests, beings whose highly organized social structure supports millions of inhabitants.

Fifty million years before humankind began farming, ancient ants were already in the agriculture business. Over time, leafcutter ants have evolved a complex system of agriculture in their nests ...

A leaf cutter ant, one of the more than 14,000 species alive today. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

Detailed, close up images of leafcutter ants clearly show three different parts to their body, the head, thorax and abdomen and six legs demonstrating that an ant is an insect. Ants are ...

I have books on ants, I've wandered the rainforests of Costa Rica and southern Mexico looking at leafcutter ants and army ants (I got some amazing photographs), and my respect for them is so ...

The things the Apple Vision Pro does best can be rather painful to experience. That it gouges the cheeks while delighting the ...

For Atta mexicana, a tropical leafcutter ant that lives here at the northernmost limit of its range, the rain means it’s almost time to mate. Few people ever see a mating swarm, which happens before ...

Detailed, close up images of leafcutter ants clearly show three different parts to their body, the head, thorax and abdomen and six legs demonstrating that an ant is an insect. Ants are ...