A unique “choreography” between two ant species suggests a distinctive partnership in which one provides a carwash service to the other. By Alexa Robles-Gil One June morning 20 years ago, Mark Moffett ...
In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...
In the Arizona desert, scientists have uncovered a bizarre and almost unbelievable partnership between ants: tiny cone ants acting as “cleaners” for much larger harvester ants. Instead of attacking, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One Iberian harvester ant queen gave birth to two different species: an Iberian harvester male (left) and a Messor structor male. ...
Entomologist Mark Moffett photographed cone ants climbing onto and cleaning harvester ants. Mark Moffett, Minden Pictures Twenty years ago, entomologist Mark Moffett was in southeastern Arizona when ...
Some coral reef ecosystems famously have “cleaning stations,” where fish line up to be cleaned by other species of fish and shrimp. Entomologist Mark Moffet recently published observations of what ...
The Iberian harvester ant is able to give birth to ants from two different species. Wikimedia, CC BY-SA The researchers even coined a word for it, xenoparity, meaning “foreign birth”. It pushes the ...
Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two different ant species. A team ...
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