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  1. Plants

    These plants build ant condos that keep warring species apart 

    The unique architecture of some ball-like plants high in trees in Fiji lets violent ants live peacefully and feed the plant with valuable droppings.

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  2. Paleontology

    Zombifying fungi have been infecting insects for 99 million years

    Two bits of amber discovered in a lab basement hold ancient evidence of a fungi famous for controlling the minds of its victims.

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  3. Animals

    Just like humans, many animals get more aggressive in the heat

    From salamanders to monkeys, many species get more violent at warmer temperatures — a trend that may shape their social structures as the world warms.

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  4. Animals

    This bug’s all-in helicopter parenting reshaped its eggs

    An egg-shape trend found among birds shows up in miniature with very protective bug parents. Elongated eggs fit more compactly under mom.

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  5. Animals

    Velvet ants have the Swiss Army knife of venoms

    A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

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  6. Animals

    Ants changed the architecture of their nests when exposed to a pathogen

    Black garden ants made tweaks to entrances, tunnels and chambers that may help prevent diseases from spreading.

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  7. Animals

    This caterpillar wears the body parts of insect prey

    Dubbed the “bone collector,” this caterpillar found on a Hawaiian island disguises itself while stalking spider webs for trapped insects to eat.

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  8. Animals

    Bird nests made with a toxic fungus seem to fend off attacking ants

    Two species of birds in Costa Rica build nests in trees defended by ants. Ants that encounter the horsehair fungus in the nests develop odd behaviors.

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  9. Animals

    A fungus named after Sir David Attenborough zombifies cave spiders

    The new fungus species Gibellula attenboroughii forces reclusive cave spiders to exposed areas, likely to benefit spore dispersal.

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  10. Life

    This killer fungus strikes at sunset. Here’s how

    The fungus Entomophthora muscae turns flies into zombies and kills them at sunset. An internal kill clock may explain the mysterious timing.

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  11. Paleontology

    Early ants may have had complex social lives, fossil data suggests

    The earliest ants may have been primed for a highly social life — 100 million years ago, the insects had antennae tuned to key communication functions.

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  12. Life

    Why these zombie caterpillars can’t stop eating 

    Sneaky chemistry by a real-life “Last of Us” Cordyceps fungus mind controls its zombie insect victims by convincing them they’re starving.

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