This image highlights the whitish cuticular coating present on the ant Ac. echinatior. (Credit: T.R.S., in a study published by Nature Communications, via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — A well-known ...

To Costa Ricans, the leaf-cutter ant can be one of the biggest pests to cause severe agricultural decay in parts of the country. To tourists, a trail of the hard-working red insects can appear as a ...

Question: We have a problem with cutter ants. I lose my entire crape myrtle tree every year. All of the pest control personnel I ask do not have a solution. Can you please suggest something to ...

Question: How do we get rid of leaf-cutter ants? — C.H., Cherokee, Texas A Texas leaf cutter ant carrying a leaf that it has removed from a plant. ((File Photo)) Answer: The Texas leaf-cutter ants are ...

The leaf cutter ant (Atta rodona) is a fungus-growing ant that inhabits tropical regions like Manu. Groups of these ants are often seen at night dismantling area vegetation leaf by leaf. During a ...

It appears the leaf damage could have been caused by a leaf cutter bee. Females of that insect cut perfect semi-circles off the edges of leaves. Without eating any of the leaf tissues, they use those ...

No pigs or chickens yet. But the vast farms where leaf-cutter ants raise their fungal crops may harbor a crew of previously overlooked farmhands — nitrogen-fixing bacteria. At least eight species of ...

No one knows for certain how many insect species reside in the Amazon. One oft-quoted estimate is 30 million, but the actual number could be significantly lower or higher than this. Either way, ...

They have a reputation for strength, organisation and teamwork. But researchers have now discovered that a key secret to the success of ants is the insect's ability to identify the importance of age ...

A well-known leaf-cutting ant grows its own body armour using biominerals, a protective power previously unknown in the insect world, scientists have discovered in research published Tuesday showing ...