A study investigates the evolution of beneficial bacteria that live inside and on the surface of farming ants. Attine ants ...

Scientists have found that after the asteroid wiped out many plants, ants started farming fungi to help them survive and get ...

But other ant species cooperate with fungi—in some cases strains of fungus that are also found growing in their environment. Genetic studies have shown that these symbiotic relationships are ...

Ants began farming fungi 66 million years ago post-asteroid impact, with leafcutter ants evolving advanced agricultural ...

One of the most famous examples is the zombie ant fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which is part of a larger group known ...

Research highlights how the meteor impact that ended the dinosaurs helped spawn the mutualistic relationship between ants and ...

When building a bird nest in ant territory, the best defense could be an offensive fungus. Swollen-thorn acacia trees are aggressively defended by multiple species of ants. And yet, several ...

New research shows that ants have been farming fungi for 66 million years — thanks in part to the asteroid that fueled the ...

We've released 1.5 trillion tons of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere. We may slow our emissions, but the CO2 we've already ...

Some fungi do threaten human health. Examples include Aspergillus fumigatus and Cryptococcus neoformans, both of which can invade people’s lungs and cause serious pneumonia-like symptoms. Cryptococcus ...

Insects stuck in sundew plants’ sticky secretions suffocate and die before being subjected to a medley of digestive enzymes.