Invasive crazy ants are displacing fire ants in areas throughout southeastern US
Just what makes that little old ant… change a flower's nectar content?
Ants play a variety of important roles in many ecosystems. As frequent visitors to flowers, they can benefit plants in their role as pollinators when they forage on sugar-rich nectar. However, a new study ...
Apr 24, 2013
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New research constructs ant family tree
Ants follow Fermat's principle of least time
(Phys.org) —Ants have long been known to choose the shortest of several routes to a food source, but what happens when the shortest route is not the fastest? This situation can occur, for example, when ...
Apr 01, 2013
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Ants rise with temperature
Management, not eradication, could be the key to co-existing with fire ants
Invasive animals are often most abundant in habitats impacted by humans, especially man-made habitats, such as roadsides, suburban and urban developments, and areas of intensive agricultural activity. Understanding ...
Mar 05, 2013
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Wasp transcriptome creates a buzz
New research delivers a sting in the tail for queen wasps. Scientists have sequenced the active parts of the genome – or transcriptome – of primitively eusocial wasps to identify the part of the genome that makes you ...
Feb 25, 2013
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Teamwork against mutant free riders
(Phys.org)—Pathogenic salmonellae rely on a division of labour: some of them see to the common wellbeing, while others are able to stand up to free rider salmonellae better. This teamwork bears certain ...
Feb 21, 2013
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Epigenetics shapes fate of brain vs. brawn castes in carpenter ants
The recently published genome sequences of seven well-studied ant species are opening up new vistas for biology and medicine. A detailed look at molecular mechanisms that underlie the complex behavioral differences ...
Feb 13, 2013
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Researchers find Asian needle ants displacing other aggressive invaders
Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that one of the most aggressive invasive ant species in the United States – the Argentine ant – appears to have met its match in the Asian needle ...
Feb 11, 2013
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Survival of the fittest: Predator wasps breed at the expense of spider juveniles
Two wasp species, Calymmochilus dispar and Gelis apterus, have been recorded as parasitoids on ant-eating spiders in a study published in the open access journal ZooKeys. The host spider, Zodarion styliferu ...
Feb 04, 2013
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Ant executions serve a higher purpose, research shows
Natural selection can be an agonizingly long process. Some organisms have a way of taking matters into their own hands, or—in the case of the ant species Cerapachys biroi—mandibles.
Feb 01, 2013
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Bed bugs are not repelled by commercial ultrasonic frequency devices
Name that ant! New online tool helps identify alien ant invaders
(Phys.org)—Researchers have created an interactive website, called Antkey, which includes more than 1,150 images and 70 video clips to help users determine an ant's identity from more than 100 invasive ...
Nov 28, 2012
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Strategies to control crazy ants taking shape for researchers
(Phys.org)—Their name is comical, but when crazy ants infest a neighborhood it's no laughing matter.
Nov 16, 2012
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