Leaf-cutter ants have rocky crystal armor, never before seen in insects Researchers have discovered a new type of mineral, similar to dolomite, covering the exoskeleton of leaf-cutter ants.

The leaf cutter ant (Atta rodona) is a fungus-growing ant that inhabits tropical regions like Manu. Groups of these ants are often seen at night dismantling area vegetation leaf by leaf. During a ...

Leaf-cutter ants generally travel within 600 feet of their nest and telltale signs are the rapid defoliation of trees.

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 ...

Arts & Entertainment How to get rid of fire ants and leaf-cutter ants using organic methods Thick mulch and mistletoe are two little-known ways of keeping destructive ant mounds under control.

Leaf-cutter ants at the American Museum of Natural History in April. The colony was harvested in Trinidad and nurtured in Oregon, and it arrived in New York City last December. Todd Heisler/The ...

We observed leaf-cutter ants taking the easy route when possible since they crawled on smooth bamboo sticks and on smooth metal pipe railings on forest trails used by tourists. Ants become a meal for ...

What do orcas, bonobos, and leaf-cutter ants have in common? They all look to females of the species to ensure they survive and thrive.

A leaf-cutter ant. Leaf-cutter ants harvest leaves, chop them into nutritious pulp, feed the pulp to nourish their cultivated crops of fungus, and harvest the fungus to feed themselves.

You can also get a bug's eye view of the ants' underground nest at the San Diego Zoo's Children's Zoo, something you wouldn't be able to see in the wild.

A man camping in the Amazon rainforest shared the moment he was woken up by leaf cutter ants ripping apart his tent. Conservationist Paul Rosolie was resting in the world's largest rainforest when ...