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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 ...
While plants often have mutually beneficial relationships with insects, a tuber in Fiji grows separate compartments for ...
Ant plants from a remote Pacific island reveal new insights into an important ecological question: how unrelated and ...
Residents across the North East, from Newcastle and Sunderland to Middlesbrough and Durham, are being warned to prepare for ...
Before swarming, ants live in a colony in a nest. Black garden ants nest in dry soil, with them often found in flower beds ...
A fire ant outbreak has hit a coalmine in a major mining state, with environmentalists calling the discovery a “spectacular ...
Residents across the North East, from Newcastle and Sunderland to Middlesbrough and Durham, are being warned to prepare for the UK’s ...
The fire ant has arrived in Málaga, Alicante and other Spanish locations. Multiple stings can cause vomiting, diarrhoea, ...
The pink and dwarf sundews, found in Big Thicket, have captivated naturalists for centuries—and insects cannot resist their ...
The spotted lanternfly was first detected in Fulton County last fall, according to an article published this week by UGA. Sightings in Georgia were reported this year back in April. While it doesn't ...
Fire ants – one of the world’s worst feral pests – have in recent days crossed two state borders and spread 800km within ...