You've probably heard about poop pills, the latest way for humans to get benevolent bacteria into their guts. But it seems that a group of ants may have been the original poop pill pioneers — 46 ...

March 6 (UPI) --Turtle ants have adopted a largely defensive posture and abandoned the offensive tendencies of their relatives. New research suggests the strategic shift was made possible by their ...

It’s fun to wear costumes on Halloween and go door-to-door collecting free candy. Sometimes when you dress up, even people you know don’t recognize you. A researcher has discovered an ant species in ...

1. Induced defences involve the dynamic deployment of limited and specialized de fensive resources across multiple locations, to maximize organismal defensive function and fitness. They have been ...

March 10 (UPI) --Turtle ant soldiers have evolved a unique defensive strategy. These gate guards use their comically large heads to block entrances to their nests. Some ants have round heads, like a ...

The neurobiology of turtle ants differs significantly according to their specialized role within the colony, according to a study published March 27, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Darcy ...

Evolution is usually a forward-moving process, honing every single living thing to perfectly fit its environment. Every generation is formed from this process over the course of millions of years. But ...

You've probably heard about poop pills, the latest way for humans to get benevolent bacteria into their guts. But it seems that a group of ants may have been the original poop pill pioneers -- 46 ...

Socially transmitted, nitrogen-providing microbes have opened a new ecological frontier for herbivorous turtle ants. You've probably heard about poop pills, the latest way for humans to get benevolent ...