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New Cretaceous fossils shed light on the early evolution of ants
2016-05-30 12:00:00| LifeSciencesWorld
[NEWS] Ants comprise one lineage of the triumvirate of eusocial insects and experienced their early diversification within the Cretaceous. The success of ants is generally attributed to their remarkable social behavior. Recent studies suggest that the early branching lineages of extant ants formed small colonies of either subterranean or epigeic, solitary specialist predators. The vast majority of Cretaceous ants belong to stem-group Formicidae and comprise workers and repro…
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Ants Act As Liquids And Solids
2015-11-11 22:14:00| Chemical Processing
Im fascinated by ants. I remember when I was a kid Id toss a piece of bread on the ground and just wait for all the ants to swarm and cover the bread. The ants would climb on top of one another but it always seemed like there was order in the madness. Solo, theyd march along but together they were fluid. Apparently, I am not alone with my love of ant mobs.
Monsanto wants to replace the bees they are killing with genetically engineered flying ants
2015-08-31 16:38:33| Chemicals - Topix.net
Ecologists refer to bees and a few other select organisms as keystone species. This term is analogous to the keystone of an arch.
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'Half a million ants march in Germany' for protection of Amazon rainforest
2015-08-18 18:35:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Half a million ants were enlisted at a German zoo Tuesday by ecologists from the conservation group WWF to call for the protection of the Amazon rainforest, ahead of a trip by Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel to Brazil. At what the group described as a demonstration, leafcutter ants -- a species indigenous to the world's biggest forest -- were seen carrying leaves bearing slogans cut out by WWF activists such as "Save the Amazon" and "Help, Merkel". The action organised by the zoo in Cologne...
City workers to learn how to eradicate fire ants, rhinoceros beetles
2014-09-30 12:03:53| Airlines - Topix.net
About two dozen city ground maintenance workers are expected to attend Tuesday's initial training session on how to spot and eradicate invasive fire ants and coconut rhinoceros beetles. The two non-native pests were first detected in Hawaii in December 2013 and have been the focus of a joint state and federal eradication effort.