Leafcutter ants appear to remember past infections and respond more aggressively to familiar threats, according to a new ...

A study conducted by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), in Brazil, and collaborators shows that lemon ...

Characteristics of social immune memory were observed in colonies of Atta sexdens exposed to four different pathogenic fungi.

and some may even share with other ant species! Leafcutter ants live only in South America, Mexico, Central America, and a ...

Ph.D. student Juju Dessert will explore the fascinating world of leafcutter ants. These ants aren’t eating the leaves they carry—they use plant matter to cultivate a special fungus in their ...

Fifty million years before humankind began farming, ancient ants were already in the agriculture business. Over time, leafcutter ants have evolved a complex system of agriculture in their nests ...

Audrey Dussutour of the University of Sydney, observed that even on a path as slim as a tree branch, leafcutter ants optimized their going and coming traffic with no entomological pileups.

We found a painted ant-nest frog today, a peculiar frog with an incredible natural history. Once thought to be a species ...

Leafcutter ants recognize the pathogen even a month after first contact. In the photo, a lemon leafcutter cleans fungus cultivated by the species ...

An ecotour in a tropical rainforest, such as that in Suriname, conducted by a guide who knows the area’s natural history ...