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13 Dec 2018

Dracula ants possess fastest known animal appendage: Study

The study, published in the journal Royal Society Open Science, found that the high accelerations of Dracula ant strikes likely result in high-impact forces necessary for predatory or defensive behaviours.

18 Nov 2017

This is how 'zombie fungus' takes over ants

The parasite controls the behaviour of carpenter ant workers, compelling them to climb vegetation and bite into the underside of leaves or twigs, where they die.

31 Aug 2017

Predatory ants who have spring-loaded jaws that snap shut 700 times faster than you can blink! - Read

They are fearsome predators armed with long, spiky, widely-agape mandibles and their jaws move so fast that it's hard to register the movement and it's already over by the time you do.

22 Jan 2017

Ants use sun, memories for 'backward' walk home

Ants, which are famed for their highly developed work ethic, use the sun and memories of their surroundings to find the way home when they walk backward dragging a heavy load, scientists have found.

24 Dec 2016

Researchers discover new species of 'ant-like' desert bees

New species of 'ant-like' desert bees have been discovered by a team of researchers.

01 Dec 2016

This is how how ants communicate with each other

Liquids shared mouth-to-mouth by social insects contain proteins that can influence the development and organisation of their colonies, according to new findings.

20 Jul 2016

Did you know that ants learnt farming even before humans? - Read

As per the study,Ants belonging to a South American group switched from a hunter-gatherer lifestyle to subsistence farming of fungi that grew on decomposing, woody plant matter some 55 to 60 million years ago, shortly after the dinosaurs died out, new research has found.

09 Apr 2016

How to keep ants at bay without using harmful chemicals? Watch this video

Here's how to get rid of ants!

17 Jan 2016

Ants don't respond to social information on the move: Study

The average speed increased in anticipation of a longer movement, suggesting that movement durations were somehow determined in advance.

14 Jan 2016

How to get rid of common household pests naturally!

Fortunately, there are ways to prevent, discourage and treat common household pests naturally.

30 Nov 2015

Army ants efficient in 'minding the gap'

Army ants are nomadic species.

25 Nov 2015

Ants build moving bridges linking themselves!

The findings could be applied to develop swarm robotics for exploration and rescue operations.

16 Nov 2015

Ants form 'superorganism' when threatened by predator

They suggest that just as organisms may respond to cell damage via pain, ant colonies respond to loss of workers via group awareness.

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