Insects like ants heal their fellow species, and they even perform surgeries. Biologist Erik Frank is researching their methods. He believes that humans can also benefit from them.

Parasitic crickets, no larger than a grain of rice, have perfected a way of surviving within the heart of ant colonies. These master infiltrators don’t just survive – they thrive in what should be a ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have ...

In 2002, researchers from the University of Tokyo discovered the largest ant colony ever recorded. They found a super-colony of yellow crazy ants, estimated to contain over 1 million queens and an ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have developed to ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Parasitic crickets survive within ant colonies by employing two main evasion strategies: distancing and dodging. Distancing involves moving directly away from ...

Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.

A (still growing) paper list of Evolutionary Computation (EC) published in some (rather all) top-tier (and also EC-focused) journals and conferences. For EC-focused publications, only ...

Friend, I regret to inform you that ant nests are computers now. Which is to say, somebody's finally made a video game ...