Searched for: Ants

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Losing flight had huge benefits for ants
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10/23/2020 7:25:27 AM -

Science Daily

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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) Graduate University
Summary:
Researchers have taken detailed scans of worker ants to examine the hypothesis that the loss of flight is directly connected to the evolution of …
Found: 'ants' and inferring: 'ant'
Reduce insecticide spraying by using ant pheromones to catch crop pests
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8/28/2020 5:32:21 PM -

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/08/200827101821.htm

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University of Bath
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Scientists have developed a molecular sponge that soaks up the pheromones of ants and releases them slowly to attract the pests to an …
Found: 'ants' and inferring: 'ant'
Ants or plants? Evolutionary diversification factors of aphids
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4/11/2020 12:25:56 PM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2020-04-ants-evolutionary-diversification-factors-aphids.html

by Shinshu University Plant-feeding insect aphids are thought to have diversified by shifting their host plants to other closely related plant species. …

Found: 'ants' and inferring: 'ant'
It’s ‘nature’s sports drink’: Ants live off urine on dry Australian island
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12/31/2019 1:39:00 PM -

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/it-s-nature-s-sports-drink-ants-live-urine-dry-australian-island?utm_campaign=news_daily_2019-12-27&et_rid=389253831&et_cid=3142077

Now, 3 years later, Petit has found that the insects crave the …

Found: 'ants' and inferring: 'ant'
How ants walking backward find their way home
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12/31/2019 1:28:00 PM -

Science https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2019/12/how-ants-walking-backward-find-their-way-home?utm_campaign=news_daily_2019-12-27&et_rid=389253831&et_cid=3142077

Scientists used to think the insects needed to see something from the front to …

Found: 'ants' and inferring: 'ant'
Ants fight plant diseases
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10/21/2019 7:18:50 AM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-10-ants-diseases.html

by Aarhus University New research from Aarhus University shows that ants inhibit at least 14 plant diseases. Ants secrete antibiotics from glands in the body. On their legs and body, they …

Found: 'ants' and inferring: 'ant'
Ants that defend plants receive sugar and protein
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7/22/2019 7:02:57 AM -

Phys.Org https://phys.org/news/2019-07-ants-defend-sugar-protein.html

by FAPESP

The aggressiveness of ants in arid environments with scarce food supply helps protect plants against herbivorous arthropods. Credit: Laura Leal

Biologists Laura …

Found: 'ants' and inferring: 'ant'
Timing is everything for the mutualistic relationship between ants and acacias
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7/19/2019 5:18:08 PM -

EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-07/uop-tie071619.php

In the 1960s, Penn biologist Dan Janzen, as part of earning his Ph.D., re-described what has become a classic example of biological mutualism: the obligate relationship …

Found: 'ants' and inferring: 'ant'
Australian ants prepared for 'Insect Armageddon'
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7/19/2019 5:00:07 PM -

ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/07/190716103411.htm

La Trobe University
Summary:
Researchers have uncovered an exception to the global phenomenon known as 'Insect Armageddon' in the largest study of Australian insect populations …
Found: 'ants' and inferring: 'ant'
A deadly fungus gives ‘zombie’ ants a case of lockjaw
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7/19/2019 4:27:00 PM -

ScienceNews https://www.sciencenews.org/article/deadly-fungus-gives-zombie-ants-lockjaw

Closeups of infected ants’ jaw muscles may reveal clues to how the fungi take over

Fungus-infected “zombie” ants are known to scale a …

Found: 'ants' and inferring: 'ant'