Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well.
If an infection takes hold in an ants’ nest, it could spell disaster for the whole colony. But some worker ants appear to have a workaround for that. When exposed to a pathogen, black garden ants ...
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Ants redesign nests to fight off disease outbreaks
A groundbreaking study has uncovered that ants actively modify their nest networks to combat the spread of diseases within their colonies. This remarkable behavior showcases the ants’ ability to adapt ...
IT’S an unusual living arrangement: a massive black ant shares its nest with a much smaller brown ant. Most social insects don’t tolerate strangers. But the 15-millimetre-long Platythyrea conradti, ...
Researchers found a bull ant venom component that exploits a pain pathway in mammals, which they believe evolved to stop echidnas attacking the ant's nests. Australian bull ants have evolved a venom ...
Some ant species are aggressive and pose danger. Encounters are becoming common due to growing cities and shifting weather. Bullet ant sting causes electric shock-like pain. Maricopa harvester ant ...
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