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1,662 results for: Ants

  1. Humans

    Message in DNA tops Science Talent Search

    A project on encrypting words within a strand of DNA won the top prize at the Intel Science Talent Search.

    By John Travis

  2. Over there! Eat them instead!

    An ant will ignore a single golden egg bug and attack a mating pair, a choice that may explain why singles hang around pairs.

    By Susan Milius
  3. Humans

    Motor City hosts top science fair winners

    The 2000 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair winners were announced in Detroit.

    By John Travis

  4. Invader ants win by losing diversity

    The Argentine ants that are trouncing U.S. species derive much of their takeover power, oddly enough, from losing genetic diversity.

    By Susan Milius
  5. Animals

    Slavemaker Ants: Misunderstood Farmers?

    A test of what once seemed too obvious to test—whether ant colonies suffer after being raided by slavemaker ants—suggests that some of the raiding insects have been getting unfair press.

    By Susan Milius
  6. Animals

    Policing egg laying in insect colonies

    Kinship by itself can't explain the vigilante justice of some ant, bee, and wasp workers.

    By Susan Milius
  7. Animals

    Bad Breath: Insects zip air holes to cut oxygen risks

    The need to avoid overdosing on oxygen may drive certain insects to shut down their breathing holes periodically.

    By Susan Milius
  8. Animals

    Oops! Grab That Trunk: High-diving ants swing back toward their tree

    Certain tree-dwelling ants can direct their descent well enough to veer toward tree trunks and climb back home.

    By Susan Milius

  9. Bacterial Nanny: Beewolf grows microbe for protecting young

    A European wasp leaves a smear of bacteria near each of her eggs as protection against the perils of youth.

    By Susan Milius
  10. Animals

    Ant larvae sway to say, ‘Feed me!’

    The most detailed study yet of body language of ant larvae translates a swaying motion as begging for food and a chance at a better future.

    By Susan Milius
  11. Animals

    How blind mole rats find their way home

    The blind mole rat is the first animal discovered to navigate by combining dead reckoning with a magnetic compass.

    By Susan Milius
  12. Animals

    Road rage keeps ants moving smoothly

    Streams of ants manage to avoid traffic gridlock by a bit of strategic pushing and shoving.

    By Susan Milius