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Ant bites and stings are more common than you think. Learn which ants are relatively harmless and which you should avoid at ...

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Myrmecophilus ant crickets employ specialized escape behaviors to avoid ant attacks. Tanaka and colleagues studied this behavior in Myrmecophilus tetramorii, a "brood parasite" that sustains ...

Ants are known to kill intruders when they are detected to protect the colony. To avoid attacks, ant crickets use various behaviors that scientists are still figuring out. In this new study ...

Myrmecophilus ant crickets employ specialized escape behaviors to avoid ant attacks. Tanaka and colleagues studied this behavior in Myrmecophilus tetramorii, a brood parasite that sustains itself ...

Ant guests will exploit the food resources in the ant colony, but at a great risk to themselves. Ants are known to kill intruders when they are detected to protect the colony. To avoid attacks, ant ...

Ants may seem harmless, but some species pose serious threats due to their venom, aggressive behavior, or destructive habits.

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

Sykes observed Pheidole providens bring rain-soaked grass seeds and grains of Guinea Corn out of the nest and place them on the grass to dry. He called them “Harvester ants”. These species regularly ...