It turns out ants had been cultivating fungi for millions of years before humans began farming. A new surprising study has ...

Ants learned to work with fungi back in a world where only fungi could thrive.

A new study from Smithsonian scientists analyzes ant and fungus species, and uncovers the origins of their close partnership ...

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Ants have been around for millions of years and have adapted to a wide range of environments. Fossil evidence suggests that ...

You have probably seen leaf-cutter ants carrying bits of plants, maybe in a nature documentary, at a science museum or in the “Circle of Life” song at the ...

A BRIT explorer has gone through a treacherous 400-mile journey to become the first person ever to travel the length of an ...

Mountains are biodiversity hotspots. New study shows aggressive Oecophylla ants at mountain bases compete with insect-eating ...

which are considered by many the invasive species capital of the world. Check out what’s going on around the nation on our ...

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It turns out these insects have been some of the world’s tiniest farmers for 66 ... scientists first discovered that leaf-cutter ants were cultivating gardens of fungi inside their nests ...