Ants farm aphids. They care for them, offer protection, and literally “farm” them – much like humans farm their livestock. Picture ants wearing the frayed straw hat, dirty blue dungarees or coveralls, ...

Species of ants that practice a complex form of fungi agriculture developed their knack for farming about 50 million years ago and have employed several different, successful strategies to culture ...

Discover the latest update from my fascinating ant farm as the colony continues expanding with an incredible network of ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we consider if bacteriophages could become our biggest allies in the fight against antibiotic resistance. Then we cover the historical role of "night soil men ...

"Weed early and often" is the key to a productive garden. Interestingly, certain species of ants are also avid gardeners, a practice they've refined over 50 million years. They too weed their ...

King Solomon may have gained some of his famed wisdom from an unlikely source—ants. According to a Jewish legend, Solomon conversed with a clever ant queen that confronted his pride, making quite an ...

We tend to think of agriculture as a human innovation. But insects beat us to it by millions of years. Various ant species cooperate with fungi, creating a home for them, providing them with nutrients ...

The ant farm experiment takes an emotional turn as a thriving ant colony faces an unexpected challenge. Follow the latest ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You have probably seen leaf-cutter ants carrying bits of plants, maybe in a nature documentary, at a science museum or in the ...