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Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

Scientists say they have for the first time unlocked how a parasitic ant uses chemical warfare to take over the nest of a different species, by tricking workers into an unlikely assassination. The ...

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 ...

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Aave Labs has announced a collaboration with Ant Digital Technologies in an effort aimed at building a custom RWA market on Ethereum. The partnership involves Horizon, an institutional-grade ...

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What’s the most obvious way to verify that there’s an ant colony in your vicinity? Their mounds, of course. Also called anthills, mounds are excavated pieces of soil that worker ants create to cover ...

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'Nothing but a nightmare': Worker ants are tricked into murdering their mom by an imposter queen — who quickly takes the throne for herself Tiny spiders that build giant 'puppet' decoys from ...