Rove beetles cloak themselves in ant pheromones to sneak into the insects’ nests for protection. But in an odd catch-22, that makes them forever reliant on their hosts ...
Native ants in the forests around the recent Eaton fire had survived the heat, flames and smoke, an evolutionary survival ...
Depending on where you stand on AI, 30 January 2026 will go down in history for one of two things. Either it is the day when the AI singularity really began and the robots became conscious – or the ...
You’ve been looking forward to the butterflies all month, to watch them eat flowers and diced bananas and experience the ...
Roll up, roll up, the circus is in town! Royal Albert Hall has once again been transformed into the most glamorous of big tops for OVO by Cirque du Soleil.
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Why you should consider a jumping spider as your next pet
If we can get beyond our fears, spiders, beetles, caterpillars and other creepy-crawlies can make for fine family companions.
It's not just humans that build villages – so do other animals. And they can be so enormous they're visible from space ...
Termites, often seen as pests, are revealed as remarkable engineers. These insects construct colossal, long-lasting mounds with sophisticated ventilation systems, some visible from space. Their ...
And then there’s Sceptobius lativentris. Parker’s research revealed that the adult beetles turn off their ability to produce ...
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Simulating an ant colony for 100 days
In this video, I raised a queen trap-jaw ant into an entire ant colony, observing the ants' reactions to simulate real-world events. The surprising ending sets the stage for another intriguing video.
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Air pollution causes social instability in ant colonies, triggering attacks on returning nest mates
A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...
A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in the Angeles National Forest — and what it can tell us about interdependent ...
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