As a child Andrew Ochieng survived the world's second deadliest parasite. Today he is working to stop this little-known ...
Research shows that some ants have learned how to treat their wounds, revealing one of the clearest examples of medical ...
Climate shapes how ants and parasite interact, fight, and evolve as temperature and humidity drive behavior and genetic ...
Analysis of 309 strains suggests that the genus Escovopsis originated about 56.9 million years ago, but did not begin ...
Two new studies show how climate influences behavior, communication, and genome evolution—driving adaptation in a ...
Matricide among animals is the killing of a mother by her own genetic offspring.
Scientists found that a fungus called Escovopsis living in ant nests has a long and surprising history. New research shows a ...
On a fall night, under an outdoor light, a bee stumbles in circles, far from its hive. It cannot fly. Soon, its tormentor reveals itself: a writhing maggot breaks through its neck—killing the bee.
She sprays the host queen with a unique chemical cocktail, likely containing formic acid, which alters the host queen's scent ...
A genus of fungi previously considered a parasite of fungi associated with ants may actually have much more complex ...
Parasitic fungus may have emerged 18 million years before the ants with which it lives today (IMAGE)
An ant (genus Atta) removes fragments of a fungus garden used to feed the colony. The insects’ cleaning behavior functions as ...
A genus of fungi previously considered a parasite of fungi associated with ants may actually have much more complex ecological functions. According to ...
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