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When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...

Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

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Sick ant pupae of Lasius neglectus can sense when they’ll die from infection and signal for help, triggering their own ...

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This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived alongside the dinosaurs. The hell ant existed over 100 million years ago, ...

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