Dr. Harry Evans, Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists—including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark ...

Ant-fungus symbiosis is a fascinating area of study that explores the mutualistic relationships between ants and fungi, particularly in leaf-cutting ant species. These ants are known for their ...

More information: Caio A Leal-Dutra et al, Genomic Signatures of Domestication in a Fungus Obligately Farmed by Leafcutter ...

Learn how ants became nature's first farmers, cultivating fungus for food long before humans discovered agriculture. Explore ...

Ants communicate and cooperate by secreting pheromones, or scent chemicals, that can alert others to danger or lead them to a promising food source. They typically eat nectar, seeds, fungus ...

Fungi and ants share a complex relationship that can range from mutualistic to parasitic interactions. Recent research has shed light on how specific fungi, particularly the ectoparasitic fungus ...

These ants aren’t eating the leaves they carry—they use plant matter to cultivate a special fungus in their underground chambers. It’s like farming, but instead of growing vegetables, they grow the ...

Birds do it. Bees do it. But until now, no one thought the fungus farming ant did it. Documenting genetic variations and the presence of sperm, however, researchers have found evidence that some ...

Dr Harry Evans , Emeritus Fellow at CAB International, led scientists – including from the Natural History Museum of Denmark and Royal Botanical ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have ...

These ants aren’t eating the leaves they carry—they use plant matter to cultivate a special fungus in their underground chambers. It’s like farming, but instead of growing vegetables, they grow the ...