Despite their tiny size, ants are able to accomplish absolutely incredible feats. They can build amazingly intricate nests, ...

Once cordyceps fungi infect a host, they manipulate its behavior for the sake of their own survival and reproduction. Controlling the ant's every movement, the fungus forces it to climb to a high ...

“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, ...

Francois Prasad told Yahoo News the fungus takes over an ant's body in order to complete its life cycle. He said, spores will first infect an ant and over the course of a few weeks, take control ...

Scientists probing one of the mysteries of the insect world identified a powerful chemical weapon used in the arms race between fungus-farming leafcutter ants and the parasites that plague them.

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 ...

University of Western Australia myrmecologist Dr François Brassard found the ants, which had been parasitised, possessed and then consumed by a fungus, while on an expedition as part of the Bush ...