Kenyan court jails Chinese man in ant-smuggling case
The magistrate in the case said a stiff sentence was needed as a deterrent given a spate of cases in Kenya of ant trafficking. It wasn’t ivory. It wasn’t endangered…
‘Almost like science fiction’: European ant is the first known animal to clone members of another species
A species of ant found scurrying across southern Europe is the first animal found that clones males of another species. In a discovery that rewrites the rules of reproduction, scientists…
The surprising ant strategy that could transform robotics
Weaver ants have solved a problem that has plagued human teams for centuries: individuals contribute less to tasks when more people join in. New research published in Current Biology on…