In the face of environmental challenges, one kind of ant gets better at growing food and an African wasp species may become more cooperative. Armed with headlamps and tweezers, American evolutionary ...

African Matabele ants are fighters — several times a day, they leave their nests on raids, battling termite soldiers and dragging termite workers home for dinner. They drag their fallen comrades back, ...

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Humans are not the only animals to have a dedicated health care system. Some super-organized ant species not only recognize ...

When building a bird nest in ant territory, the best defense could be an offensive fungus. Swollen-thorn acacia trees are aggressively defended by multiple species of ants. And yet, several species of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hornbill in rarely seen "anting" behavior. Photo: Umkumbe Bush Lodge A guide for a safari lodge in South Africa has captured ...