which then provides the ants with a stable food supply. Leafcutter ants have the most advanced attine farming systems and ...

Ph.D. student Juju Dessert will explore the fascinating world of leafcutter ants. These ants aren’t eating the leaves they carry—they use plant matter to cultivate a special fungus in their ...

Here's how to identify the insects eating your garden leaves by the evidence they leave behind. If leafcutter bees are ...

Audrey Dussutour of the University of Sydney, observed that even on a path as slim as a tree branch, leafcutter ants optimized their going and coming traffic with no entomological pileups.

"There is unbelievable variation in the way they can make a living," says Ross. Slave-maker ants raid other colonies and take their workers as prisoners. Leaf-cutter ants chew leaves into mulch, which ...

A leaf cutter ant, one of the more than 14,000 species alive today. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

These glass boxes and tubes have been built to replicate the underground tunnels and chambers of an ant colony in the wild, and they're full of busy leafcutter ants. ADAM:'This is the first time ...

When school resumes next week, eight Mound Westonka High School students will have a really good story to tell about what they did over summer vacation. They spent 10 days in Costa Rica wading ...