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Environment

Ants can carry out life-saving amputations on injured nest mates, study shows | Animal behaviour

It sounds like a scene from a Spielberg film: an injured worker undergoes an emergency amputation, performed by one of…

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Health

Videos Show Ants Amputating Nest Mates’ Legs to Save Their Lives

The life of a Florida carpenter ant can be brutal. These half-inch ants are territorial and have violent bouts with…

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Environment

Fire ants could be spreading on Australian military bases due to ‘massive surveillance failure’, experts say | Invasive species

Defence bases pose a “huge risk” when it comes to stopping the spread of invasive fire ants in Australia, with…

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Tech

Empire of the Ants will let you explore a photorealistic bug’s life this November

Empire of the Ants, a real-time strategy game with dazzlingly photorealistic insects and other critters, arrives on November 7. Although…

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Environment

Fire ants found on Sunshine Coast as dangerous pest continues to spread | Invasive species

Fire ants have been found on the Sunshine Coast as the super pest continues to spread beyond a containment zone…

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World

Foraging ants navigate more efficiently when given energy-drink-like doses of caffeine

Ants who receive a caffeine-laced sugary reward become more efficient at navigating back to the reward’s location compared to ants…

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Environment

Experts say discovery of fire ants in Murray Darling Basin should be ‘ringing alarm bells’ | Australia news

Fire ants have reached the Murray Darling Basin, with experts warning the latest detection of the rafting super pest should…

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Tech

Tastes like chicken? Think again—edible ants have distinctive flavor profiles.

Enlarge / Chicatana ants have a nutty, fatty flavor. They are consumed in parts of Mexico to add texture and…

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Environment

‘Wildly toxic’ poison used on fire ants is killing native Australian animals, experts warn Senate inquiry | Australia news

A “wildly toxic” chemical used to combat fire ants and the varroa mite in Australia is banned in Europe and…

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Environment

Australian program to eradicate red fire ants is a ‘shambles’, Senate inquiry told | Invasive species

A Senate inquiry into the spread of fire ants in Australia has heard that the government program tasked with their…

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