a biologist who studies the symbiotic relationship between ants and agriculture at Aarhus University in Denmark. “Kind of like a multitool for farmers.” With an estimated 20 quadrillion ants on Earth ...

This is an in-depth documentary covering two days in the life of a colony of farmer ants. When human footsteps wreck a part of the ants' domed home, the creatures set to work, rushing to repair ...

a myrmecologist at McGill University and ant farmer and owner at Canada Ant Colony, says. Usually, these ants are nesting in the soil (or even inside plants) and can be hard to notice if the ...

When they do, the ants will take aphid eggs with them so they can start a new “farm.” The remaining aphids will be picked off by ladybugs and the enraged gardener. You need different ...

Farmers and landowners are contending with a new pest — the invasive hybrid fire ant that’s marching into fields and pastures ...

but some also have more ‘modern’ strategies and are in fact the world’s oldest farmers, growing crops and keeping livestock. Leaf and grass cutter ants, as their names suggest, use leaf and ...

Farmers have welcomed a fresh crackdown on biosecurity breaches as the state escalates its campaign against deadly Red ...

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 ...