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Apr 14, 2021
In the battle for the crown, Indian jumping ants shrink and regrow their brains
These insects can go through intense but reversible bodily changes.
Jul 25, 2020
Ants could help us beat future pandemics
What can we learn from social insects in terms of social distancing and community spread?
Jun 20, 2019
Male ants are pretty much just flying sperm (and other amazing ant facts)
Think twice before squishing these fascinating creatures.
Dec 12, 2018
The Dracula ant snaps its jaw shut 5,000 times faster than you can blink
It’s a snap, quite literally.
Jul 23, 2018
I glue stilts to ants
How do ants navigate back to their nests? Researchers assumed they relied on an internal pedometer. To test this theory, one scientist glued stilts to the insects.
Jun 4, 2018
Four intense ways insects sacrifice themselves for the good of the colony
When the going gets tough, the tough self-destruct.
Aug 29, 2017
The terrifying way fire ants take advantage of hurricane floods
The islands of stinging insects are just the beginning.
Apr 12, 2017
Ants perfected farming 30 million years ago in the desert
And you can’t even keep your succulent alive
