Plant diseases cost the global economy hundreds of billions of dollars every year, with between 20 to 40 percent of global ...

Imagine a small, rare and endangered lizard or bird is hatching out of its egg. If there is a fire ant nest 150 metres downwind, then within minutes the fire ants will smell the little creature ...

Ants use odours to distinguish between members of their own nest and those from other nests. Each nest has its own specific scent. Previous studies have already shown that ants behave aggressively ...

The researchers repeatedly confronted ants with competitors from another nest. The test ants remembered the negative experiences they had during these encounters: when they encountered ants from a ...

Finding and removing Asian hornet nests in the Channel Islands is a challenge which is only going to grow, according to experts. Asian hornets have spread through Europe after arriving in southern ...

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While human volunteers readily joined when asked, likely motivated by the competitive aspect, the ants required a bit of deception. Researchers had to trick them into thinking the T-shaped load was ...

Hummingbirds, for instance, will often make nests with contrasting green and white moss and lichen, thought to be added for camouflage. Meanwhile, male weaver birds build intricately woven nests ...

More than 70 bird species adorn their nests with snakeskin, a decorating trick that could help to fend off predators 1. Certain birds have long been known to incorporate shed snakeskin into their ...

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In the fight against drug-resistant bacteria, researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton are enlisting an unexpected army: ants, bees and beetles. These tiny creatures could hold the key to ...