Leaf‐cutting ants are notable for their dual role as both potent herbivores and ecosystem engineers, shaping forest ecosystems through direct defoliation and indirect modifications of the ...

Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...

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In eusocial superorganisms like leafcutter ant colonies, labor is divvied up according to body shape and size, but University ...

From the thin, stretched and soft new growth of your plant, it seems that your hibiscus is not getting enough light. It grows ...

Heather Thompson knows quite a bit about bees. When she studied conservation biology at St. Lawrence University, her research explored the diversity of native bee populations. The New York State Parks ...

The leaf-cutting ant's FF is considered an adaptation for the dispersal of enzymes that promotes the development of the fungus garden. It was suggested that the FF could act as a defensive barrier ...

From nutrient absorption to safety concerns, learn which veggies to never eat raw—and which ones thrive fresh off the cutting ...