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New Scientist on MSN12h
Oldest ant fossil ever found shows how ants took over the world
A fossilised 113-million-year-old hell ant from Brazil adds to the evidence that the first ants evolved in the southern ...
Live Science on MSN9d
'Once the ant turned its back on the colony and walked away, it was on a death march. And the parasite was in the driver's seat'
"Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the manipulations of its attacker, ...
Kenya's ant-smuggler bust exposes lucrative underground trade
By Hereward Holland and Monicah Mwangi NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police who raided a national park guesthouse earlier this ...
Daily Jang3h
Hell ant from dinosaur era discovered in Brazil
A pre-historic fossil has been discovered in Brazilian museum collection that revealed the oldest ant specimen known to ...
Prehistoric ant preserved in amber reveals Caribbean's vanished species
A tiny fossil preserved in 16 million-year-old amber revealed an extinct Caribbean species that mastered the art of ...
Courthouse News Service16h
Ancient ‘hell ant’ discovery rewrites evolutionary timeline
Brazilian fossil hunters unearthed Earth's oldest known ant, a 113 million-year-old predator with scythe-like jaws that ...
WSB Radio17h
‘Tis the season for fire ants. Here are 5 home remedies to kill those nasty boogers
Sprinkle grits around the mound. Readers say: The ants will eat them, the grit will expand, and the ant will die.
NHK3d
Ant Talk: Communicating Through Sound
This episode looks at leaf-cutter ants that grow food, and shake their bodies to communicate through vibrations. Plus, humans ...