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Air conditioning system in ant nest
Ants are famous for their diligence and diligence, but their construction skills still surprise scientists.
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'Crazy' ants make America panic
2mm long length, body covered with feathers and red flaming red, ant species
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Detecting many common queens in a group
Recently, a BBC crew made a scene of two queens working together in a group. Usually, each ant nest only exists a single queen.
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Colonial colonial behavior changes after winning
The colonial ants attacked other colonies: Robbing and killing other colonial soldiers' ants or keeping enemy ants as slave ants. The ant colonial species is often consi…
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The mysteries of Argentinian ants are aggressive
The native ants in the US are struggling hard against the strong invasion of aggressive and inverse Argentine ants. The dangerous invasion of this ant has so far not bee…
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Worker ants 'thanks' you transport food
A popular ant species has found a simple solution for the portion of food that is too large for the carrying capacity of one of the herds. That is, they will bring a fri…
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Social behavior of leaf-cutting ants is related to genes
Scientists found that the social behavior and symbiotic lifestyle of leaf-cutting ants is related to some special genes.
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Teamwork helps fire ants to die in floods
Fire ants use their own bodies to connect with other ants to form lifesavers, capable of floating on the water to help them survive when the water rises.
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Research on global warming through petrography
Four paleontologists from Canada and the United States have studied fossils of a giant ant in the Denver Museum, thereby understanding how global warming affects the dis…
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Mushrooms turn ants into zombies
Experts have identified four new fungal species capable of controlling ants' brains, turning hosts into walking corpses before ending their lives.
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Ant - the oldest insect in the planet alive
Over 100 million years of presence on Earth, ants are not nearly as evolutionary as their ancestors.
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Using weaver ants Oecophylla controls pests and diseases
Danish scientists are studying to take advantage of Oecophylla ants to control fruit pests and diseases in Africa.
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The incredible record of insects
Entomologist Richard Jones has introduced a unique and exotic insect collection with incredible records ...
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Ants will discover the aging process in humans
Dr. Danny Reinberg, of New York University, was awarded the ants' epigenetics research to help determine the impact of lifestyle and environment on genes.
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Ants know how to produce antibiotics
An ant in the Americas uses a variety of antibiotics to kill harmful fungi and bacteria for their food.