According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...

Blowfly larvae in the mountains of Morocco were found to evolve fake termite-like faces on their rear ends as a cunning disguise, allowing them to infiltrate termite colonies, according to a recent ...

Nature is full of cunning trickery, but few are as audacious as the blow fly. Imagine not only altering your smell and ...

For the first time ever, an international study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint centre of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (the Spanish National ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at ...

Predominantly found in North and Central America, harvester ants have a venomous sting that is very painful ... and can cause allergic reactions in some people. Being attracted to food waste makes ...

While red wood ants prey mostly on other insects, they also scavenge for food. Here, workers band together to dismember a dead blue ground beetle, a source of protein, with one ant using its sharp ...

“During Bihu, we have a food ritual to prepare a dish with 101 green vegetables. But it’s often impossible to collect so many different varieties. So, we eat weaver ants, with the belief that ...

ADAM:'This is Planet Ant. A giant, man-made ant home, built especially above ground, to allow us to investigate the incredible lives of these tiny creatures. ADAM:'These glass boxes and tubes have ...

But Anachere is a two-day trip from San Borja by motorized dugout canoe, so the Tsimane living there still get most of their food from the forest, the river, or their gardens. I’m traveling with ...

Large international transportation vessel in the port, loading grain for export. The United States saw a significant increase in agricultural export volumes in 2024, as lower prices encouraged global ...