When an animal parent has a child, both will belong to the same species. Humans beget humans, combfish beget combfish, and ...

The Argentine Ant can build nests like no other. Learn about ant colonies, how they work, and the biggest one on Earth.

The researchers even coined a word for it, xenoparity, meaning “foreign birth”. It pushes the boundaries of what we mean by “species”. And this is the first known case in the animal kingdom of this ...

Iberian harvester ant queens produce offspring of their own species and of the builder harvester ant, seemingly by cloning ...

Around 4,000 plant species from different parts of the world secrete nectar outside their flowers, such as on their stems or leaves, through secretory glands known as extrafloral nectaries. Unlike ...

If you were to design the strangest diet possible, eating nothing but ants and termites would probably make the shortlist. Yet over the past 66 million years, mammals across the globe have repeatedly ...

Over the past few weeks, Google has been rolling out various improvements to how the Home app works with Nest Cam products, and the company is now detailing everything new. The performance of Nest Cam ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. During the Made by Google event last week, we got our very first look at the upcoming Gemini-powered speaker ...

Ants are social insects and live in large communities. There are sometimes disputes – especially between rival colonies. A study has now shown for the first time that ants learn from bad experiences ...

Ants are small but incredibly organised insects that thrive almost everywhere on Earth, from forests and fields to kitchens and picnic spots. With over 12,000 known species, they play vital roles in ...

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