High in Fiji’s rainforest, the ant plant Squamellaria grows swollen tubers packed with sealed, single-door “apartments.” ...

New research explores the surprising symbiotic relationship between tubers and different ant species at rainforest heights ...

Ant plants from a remote Pacific island reveal new insights into an important ecological question: how unrelated and ...

While plants often have mutually beneficial relationships with insects, a tuber in Fiji grows separate compartments for ...

However, tropical rainforest canopies are battlegrounds for survival. Ants compete fiercely for nesting space, taking over any hollow branch or space under tree bark. Any Squamellaria ant house would ...

Fijian plants stop rival ants from fighting by creating separate chambers inside them. This keeps peace and benefits both ants and plants.

Researchers thought colder temperatures and higher elevations could stop the march of invasive fire ants. Mother Nature had ...