A study investigates the evolution of beneficial bacteria that live inside and on the surface of farming ants. Attine ants ...
The asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs also brought opportunities for new life. Scientists have found that after the ...
One of the most famous examples is the zombie ant fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which is part of a larger group known ...
Ants began farming fungi 66 million years ago post-asteroid impact, with leafcutter ants evolving advanced agricultural ...
Research highlights how the meteor impact that ended the dinosaurs helped spawn the mutualistic relationship between ants and ...
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.
We've released 1.5 trillion tons of carbon dioxide into our atmosphere. We may slow our emissions, but the CO2 we've already ...
Insect body snatchers One of the most famous examples is the zombie ant fungus, Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, which is part of a larger group known as Cordyceps fungi. This fungus inspired the ...