Leafcutter ants appear to remember past infections and respond more aggressively to familiar threats, according to a new ...

Characteristics of social immune memory were observed in colonies of Atta sexdens exposed to four different pathogenic fungi.

A study conducted by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), in Brazil, and collaborators shows that lemon ...

With the arrival of spring, gardeners face the challenge of dealing with pests that can damage plants. A gardening expert has now shared a simple hack to keep ants at bay ...

These ants aren’t eating the leaves they carry—they use plant matter to cultivate a special fungus in their underground chambers. It’s like farming, but instead of growing vegetables, they grow the ...

Unlike the ant-infecting Cordyceps, Cordyceps gunnii does not force its victims to climb but takes control when they are ...

“Ants—like us—have biological clocks ... Kasson began his scientific career as a plant pathologist, studying how certain species of fungi might help control the tree-of-heaven, a fast-growing, ...

“We know very well the ants, the wasps ... opens up new research opportunities to better understand animal-controlling fungus and illuminates the diversity of fungi yet to be uncovered ...

Leafcutter ants recognize the pathogen even a month after first contact. In the photo, a lemon leafcutter cleans fungus cultivated by the species ...