New study shows parasitic Escovopsis fungus attacks the bacteria leafcutter ants use to protect themselves.
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Insects aren’t known for having big brains, and slime moulds and fungi don’t have any. So how do they solve challenges that test the ingenuity of human transport engineers?
In an ant’s world, the smaller you get the less you can see. So how does that affect an ant’s ability to avoid hitting any obstacle as it walks about?
Ants have an incredible instinct to help their comrades.
Ants produce their own antimicrobial chemicals to fight bacteria.
Researchers identified simple behavioral rules that allow these tiny creatures to collaboratively build elaborate structures, with no one in charge.
The things they’ll do for love …
Improvements in knowledge and control methods mean eradicating the Australian invasion is challenging, but still potentially feasible.
Insects developed technology long before we did, so perhaps they can show us how to use it without damaging the planet.
Azteca ants are self-appointed protectors of coffee plants on Mexican plantations. But they have a lot to contend with from other insects.
Scientists have discovered two new types of ants in the rainforests of New Guinea thanks to an advanced X-ray imaging technique.
The navigation tactics of certain Australian ants could point the way to helping driverless cars find their way around.
Termite damage costs Australian homes at least a billion dollars each year – but they are absolutely vital for ecosystems.
Silverfish have disappeared from our homes as book-bindings - their favourite food - have improved.
Bees, wasps and ants – a group known as Hymenoptera – can claim the title of deadliest insects. How did they evolve to be so painful?
Without insects the food chain would diminish and we would have very little fruit and vegetables to eat.
Sometimes less can be more. Carnivorous pitcher plants from the tropical island of Borneo (Brunei) demonstrate this quite impressively. These plants use funnel-shaped pitfall traps, or pitchers, with slippery…
New York is one of many cities whose mythical allure claims that the streets are paved with gold. Sadly, you are more likely to be treading on – or at least wading through – the remains of burgers, hot…
All spiders are predators, but most of them are small and have rudimentary defences against larger animals that in turn prey on them. Spiders have thus evolved a range of predatory behaviours that, at…
A species of ant has evolved sperm that bundle together to increase their swimming speed. Researchers from Université Libre…
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Associate professor, University of Sydney
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Associate Professor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Monash University
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Research Fellow, School of Biosciences, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, James Cook University
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PhD Candidate, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester
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Professor of Ecology, The University of Western Australia
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Forrest Fellow, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Principal lecturer, bioscience, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Biology, Brunel University London
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Florida International University
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Associate Professor, Ecology, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Lecturer, Department of Genetics and Genome Biology, University of Leicester
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Research scientist, James Cook University
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PhD Candidate, Macquarie University
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PhD student, University of Oxford
