Deforestation is destroying forests around the world, but its effects are especially obvious in the Amazon Basin. Due to cattle ranching, soybean farming, logging, and slash-and-burn agriculture, the ...

Could ants get any cooler? These amazing insects have been known to create rafts and bridges with their bodies and tend to vast fungus gardens. Now, a new study suggests they have also been farming ...

Plants have evolved ways to make ants defend them from attacks and spread their seeds, and this new study shows how it happened. In a new study breaking down the genetic history of 1,700 species of ...

Not surprisingly, tiny ants just can't tote seeds as far as their bigger cousins. Because seeds are more likely to survive and sprout if they're farther from the mother plant, it's best for plants to ...

Many woodland plants rely on ants to disperse their seeds; such seed dispersal increases the plant population's chance of survival. New research has recently demonstrated that ant-dispersed plants ...

Carnivorous plants can have valuable allies in ants, benefiting from their poop and janitor, bodyguard and cutthroat services, researchers say. However, N. bicalcarata does apparently have unusual ...

PUHI — Not all of the unusual plants are native, and not all of the unusual are plants, but all are related to plants when visiting with George Rosenberger at the Kaua‘i Community Market at Kaua‘i ...

High in the trees on the Fiji islands, ants in the species Philidris nagasau are doing something extraordinary. They’ve brought in seeds from several species of a large, lumpy fruit from a plant known ...

You may have noticed the potted plants on your deck or patio have some uninvited guests: Ants! “With the loose, rich soil and moisture in container plants, we’re creating the perfect habitat for ants, ...

Could ants get any cooler? These amazing insects have been known to create rafts and bridges with their bodies and tend to vast fungus gardens. Now, a new study suggests they have also been farming ...