The asteroid that wiped out dinosaurs 66 million years ago may have helped ants spread across the planet; study finds a surprising genetic link The asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs around ...
An invasive species of ants travelled across continents to America and is now defending other insects. According to a report by econews, Argentine Ants have been protecting aphids, mealybugs, scales, ...
Ant Supercolony. Image Credit: Anagoria/Wikipedia The Argentine ant (Linepithema humile) has created one of the most remarkable biological phenomena ever recorded: a super-colony stretching around 6,0...
A worker ant of the species Temnothorax nylanderi infected with the tapeworm Anomotaenia brevis, recognizable by its yellowish coloration, alongside an uninfected worker (Credit: Susanne Foitzik) Deep...