Researchers recreated a nearly forgotten yogurt recipe that once was common across the Balkans and Turkey—using ants. Reporting in iScience on October 3, the team shows that bacteria, acids, and ...

Ants are associated with a range of very positive qualities — including a self-motivated work ethic, preparedness and long-term thinking, and a preference for collective effort. Many ant species are ...

Ants' complex caste system may be partly controlled by the insect version of the blood-brain barrier, a gatekeeper that only lets certain substances into the brain, a new study reveals. An anthill is ...

Researchers analyzed the flavors of various ant species to understand the chemistry behind their different smells and tastes, which could help food companies develop delicious and sustainable ...

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Queen ants in southern Europe produce male clones of an entirely different species — tearing up the playbook of reproductive biology and suggesting we need to rethink our understanding of species ...

This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs. The hell ant existed over 100 million years ago, ...

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