You’ve probably heard about poop pills, the latest way for humans to get benevolent bacteria into their guts. But it seems that a group of ants may have been the original poop pill pioneers — 46 ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 (UPI) --Occasionally, humans will assume different identities -- accents, mannerisms, clothing -- in an attempt to stealthily blend in with separate groups. It's a technique largely ...

1. Induced defences involve the dynamic deployment of limited and specialized de fensive resources across multiple locations, to maximize organismal defensive function and fitness. They have been ...

A team of researchers from George Washington University and The Rockefeller University studying the morphology of turtle ant heads found that the critters undergo reverse-evolution in which their head ...

March 10 (UPI) --Turtle ant soldiers have evolved a unique defensive strategy. These gate guards use their comically large heads to block entrances to their nests. Some ants have round heads, like a ...

A new species of ant has been discovered that uses social parasitism to access host ant species' food sources and foraging trails: Cephalotes specularis, commonly known as the mirror turtle ant.

The neurobiology of turtle ants differs significantly according to their specialized role within the colony, according to a study published March 27, 2019 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Darcy ...

It's nothing new for animals to steal food from each other, but most instances usually involve force. Ants are no different in that they will also take what isn't theirs. A newly discovered ant ...

Socially transmitted, nitrogen-providing microbes have opened a new ecological frontier for herbivorous turtle ants. You've probably heard about poop pills, the latest way for humans to get benevolent ...