Six-legged miners strike gold
Termites and ants are stockpiling gold in their mounds, new CSIRO research has found.
Jun 17, 2013
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Fungal genome offers clues on how leaf-cutter ants farm
Leaf-cutter ants are well-known examples of insects that use microbes to gain access to nutrients, farming "gardens" in which bacteria and fungi break down plant mass. In an article featured on the cover ...
Jun 13, 2013
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Unique information on Belgian ants compiled and published through FORMIDABEL data paper
A new peer reviewed data paper describes a unique database spanning the full range of indigenous and exotic ants occurring in Belgium. The paper, published in the open access journal Zookeys analyses the hi ...
Jun 06, 2013
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Ants pay high price for night life
(Phys.org) —Despite being night creatures, Australian bull ants have trouble finding their way home in the dark. Scientists at Australia's Vision Centre (VC) have found that bull ants that travel at night ...
May 28, 2013
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Ants and carnivorous plants conspire for mutualistic feeding
An insect-eating pitcher plant teams up with ants to prevent mosquito larvae from stealing its nutrients, according to research published May 22 in the open access journal PLOS ONE by Mathias Scharmann and co ...
May 22, 2013
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Getting to the bottom of the zombie ant phenomenon
(Phys.org) —While unraveling a dramatic case of mind control, biologist David Hughes is taking calls from Hollywood—and gaining new insights into the role behavior plays in spreading disease.
May 22, 2013
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Principles of locomotion in confined spaces could help fire ant-inspired robot teams work underground (w/ video)
Future teams of subterranean search and rescue robots may owe their success to the lowly fire ant, a much-despised insect whose painful bites and extensive networks of underground tunnels are all-too-familiar ...
May 20, 2013
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Invasive crazy ants are displacing fire ants in areas throughout southeastern US
Evolution shapes new rules for ant behavior
Integrated omics uncovers roles of fungi and bacteria in lignocellulose degradation
(Phys.org) —A multi-institutional team from the Department of Energy's Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Center (GLBRC) used metagenomic and metaproteomic approaches to provide insight into the symbiotic relationship ...
May 13, 2013
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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
Researchers glue bar codes on to ants to study individual behavior within group (w/ video)
(Phys.org) —A team of researchers made up of two behavioral ecologists from the University of Lausanne and a robotics engineer from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology has developed a novel way to ...
Apr 19, 2013
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Ant farms nurture curiosity, interest in children
(AP)—What does it take to elevate the common ant from picnic pest to household pet? To thousands of children and many adults, the answer is a bit of soil and a see-through enclosure that, in these modern times, can be made ...
Apr 03, 2013
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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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