[ad_1] A plant that has created hollow thorns in which ants can shelter. In exchange, ants defend the plant from attacks by other insects and mammals. Credit: (c) Field Museum, Corrie Moreau …
Read More »How plants evolved to make ants their maids
How ants and plants have developed a mutually beneficial partnership • Earth.com
[ad_1] Ants have feasted on plants for millions of years, but eventually, the plants developed a feature system that allowed them to use ants foraging for their benefit. Over time, the plants …
Read More »Ants regulate growth of seemingly 'useless' organ to make huge soldiers
[ad_1] The variation in the size of the soldiers is caused by the brief presence, during the larval phase of a seemingly 'useless' rudimentary organ. This discovery answers a question – about …
Read More »Alabama vs. Arkansas looked like ants because of ESPN's camera situation
[ad_1] Due to the bad weather in the Fayetteville area during Saturday's game between Alabama and Arkansas, ESPN pulled some cameramen out of Razorback Stadium. Network cameras have the best view in …
Read More »Set in amber, fossil ants help reconstruct evolution of fungus farming — ScienceDaily
[ad_1] Some 50 million years before humans figured it out, agriculture arrived in the world in a seemingly unlikely place: an ant hill. Eschewing wheat or rice for feathery white fungus, the …
Read More »Desert ants have an incredible odor memory
[ad_1] <a href = "https://3c1703fe8d.site.internapcdn.net/newman/gfx/news/hires/2018/desertantsha.jpg" title = "The Ant of the Desert Cataglyphis fortis has an extraordinary memory for different food odors. The insect is able to learn many food smells very …
Read More »