Tag Archives: ants

[ad_1] Enlarge / A worker of the species Lasius Niger (black garden ant). Ants are posters for eusociality. Every ant has a job, and every ant sticks to its work: fodder forages, …

[ad_1] When a pathogen enters their colony, the ants change their behavior to prevent the onset of the disease. In this way, they protect the queen, brood and young workers from the …

[ad_1] Biologists have detected what they say is the first evidence of changes in social networks of ants through a collective behavioral change aimed at protecting their colonies from life-threatening infections. Scientists, …

[ad_1] When you catch a cold or the flu, you can choose to keep your distance from others to avoid a similar fate – and these could in turn keep you out …

[ad_1] Black ants have been able to recognize infected family members and quarantine them, according to scientists at the University of Lausanne. In the nest of insects of the species Lasius niger …

[ad_1] When you catch a cold or the flu, you can choose to keep your distance from others to avoid a similar fate – and these could in turn keep you out …

[ad_1] Scientists believe that ants change their behavior – and they have the same bug as taking a day off sick – when exposed to pathogens to protect the colony. The research, …

[ad_1] A sick ant knows how to stay away from colleaguesWendy Kreeftenberg, Buiten-beeld / FLPA By Sam Wong Would you like your colleagues who cough and sneeze to stay away from the …

[ad_1] Some plants have specific structures that serve as habitat for ants. A new study found that plants in turn evolved to use ants to spread seeds and attack predators. ( Field …

[ad_1] The plants are boring. They simply sit down during photosynthesis while the animals are having fun. Right? Not really. Observe the interactions between ants and plants – the plants have evolved …