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 ...

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

This has earned aphids the nickname "plant lice." But for ants, aphids are more like cows. ... In addition, the ants prefer aphid colonies with a nice balance of green and red aphids, ...

Red ants aren’t bright red, they’re more of a reddish-brown with a darker head. You’ll find them chilling out under rocks and logs or in soil and lawns in your garden, especially in late ...

Ants are on the march with a taste for everything from livestock to electronics. June 9, 2013 — -- There's a new player on the continent and it is spreading damage from Texas to Florida in a ...

Plants are insectivorous in situations where substrate acidity deprives them of nitrogen. To recruit some of the insect prey to help the feeding seems almost animal in its cunning. Only one of the 120 ...

When pests bite, a nightshade plant bleeds ant food By producing nectar at wound sites, it calls for security detail. Scott K. Johnson – Apr 28, 2016 8:56 am | 25 ...