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Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...

The mutualistic relationship between leaf-cutting ants and their fungal cultivars, primarily Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, constitutes one of nature’s most intricate examples of symbiosis. This ...

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For Leaf-Cutter Ants, Farm Life Isn´t So Simple Object Details Author Wade, Nicholas Citation Wade, Nicholas. 1999. "For Leaf-Cutter Ants, Farm Life Isn´t So Simple." New York Times, 1. Year 1999 ...

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Neil So, although getting a bit dirty won’t kill you (unless you’re a leaf-cutter ant), human evolution has developed a psychological way of keeping us clean. What’s the matter, Sam?

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