Second only to humans, leaf cutter ants form the largest and most complex society on earth; one nest can be as large as 30 metres in diameter and house up to 8 million individuals. The ants use ...

Long, long ago - millions of years before the Sumerians and Ur people of the Fertile Crescent discovered agriculture - a tribe of clever ants practiced a highly sophisticated form of farming, and ...

In early January, my wife and I returned from a vacation to tropical beaches and rainforests on Trinidad and Tobago, the most southern of the Caribbean Islands. The trip was expressly to learn about ...

No pigs or chickens yet. But the vast farms where leaf-cutter ants raise their fungal crops may harbor a crew of previously overlooked farmhands — nitrogen-fixing bacteria. At least eight species of ...

A colony of tight-rope walking fungus farmers are on display in Swindon this winter…. They're one of the smallest farmers in the world to grow their own food but despite their size can carry the ...

Q: Our hopseed bushes suddenly had no leaves, and we think it is from leaf-cutter ants. We also noticed our palo verde tree near their mound has no leaves. Attached are pictures. There are a few ...

Question: We have a problem with cutter ants. I lose my entire crape myrtle tree every year. All of the pest control personnel I ask do not have a solution. Can you please suggest something to ...

They have a reputation for strength, organisation and teamwork. But researchers have now discovered that a key secret to the success of ants is the insect's ability to identify the importance of age ...