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A leafcutter ant carrying a flower petal inside a new exhibit in the American Museum of Natural History’s insectarium. How To. To Display 500,000 Ants, No Simple Ant Farm Will Do.

A study conducted by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), in Brazil, and collaborators shows that lemon leafcutter ants (Atta sexdens) exhibit behaviors that go beyond so-called ...

As army ants travel over uneven terrain, they link their bodies together to create bridges — a system that might give engineers insight into controlling robotic swarms.

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First, two lilies disappeared from the garden. Then, a crape myrtle tree was stripped overnight. Tina Ramirez's house in the Harper's Landing neighborhood of The Woodlands was under attack. Every ...

A study conducted by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), in Brazil, and collaborators shows that lemon leafcutter ants (Atta sexdens) exhibit behaviors that go beyond so-called ...

So leaf cutting ants have this really big queen. ADAM:'Our ant colony will only ever have one queen living in it. She is HUGE compared to the other ants and is cared for, round the clock, by ...

Parker Gibbons stands atop a leafcutter ant mound in Belize. The 15-by-20-foot mound houses an ant colony with a queen that could be 20 years old and have laid 200 million eggs.