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The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world. Droves of ants spray formic acid produced by a venom gland at ...

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The Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) harnesses investigative reporting and cross-border collaboration to expose the intersection of climate change, corruption, and governance in the Amazon, ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have ...

An Amazonian ant that uses its own "herbicide" to shape its surroundings has been described by scientists. The team made the discovery whilst studying "devil's gardens", mysterious parts of the ...

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An amber warning for snow and ice, with the risk of freezing rain, covers most of Wales and central England until midday on Sunday. Freezing rain, which makes up what are commonly known as ice ...

Ants and humans competed in navigating a maze with a large load. While humans outperformed individually, ant groups excelled collectively, showing strategic coordination and persistence. The study ...

Ant & Dec's Limitless Win is back and this time, the hosting duo are given the chance to help out in the gameplay, but it's not always as easygoing as it may seem. In tonight's episode, the hosts ...