Ants have farmed fungi for 66 million years, according to new work in the journal Science. It's a relationship that ...

If you don't already have vibrant flower beds teeming with butterflies, learning about these species may inspire you to attract butterflies to your garden by growing the nectar-producing plants that ...

Due to WebAssembly restriction, Blazor WebAssembly doesn't support IE browser, but Blazor Server supports IE 11† with additional polyfills. See official documentation. From .NET 5, IE 11 is no longer ...

To test this, the researchers presented founding queens of the black garden ant (Lasius niger) with larvae that had been infected with a fungal pathogen Metarhizium for 24 hours. At this point, the ...

White T-shirts get a lot of attention, but let’s not forget their equally versatile counterpart: the exceedingly wearable, deceptively simple black T-shirt. It’s a staple you can wear to work ...

To test this, the researchers presented founding queens of the black garden ant (Lasius niger) with larvae that had been infected with a fungal pathogen Metarhizium for 24 hours. At this point ...

Among the 13,800 ant species, which ones live the longest? It might surprise you to learn that one of the longest lifespans comes from the black garden ant (Lasius niger). Queen black garden ants have ...

Many species of animal eat their own young in certain circumstances. However, scientists report that queen black garden ants (Lasius niger) eat offspring in a seemingly unappetizing state ...

In a recent paper presented by a group of passionate biologists, they shared their discovery of how black garden ants create and implement this impressive strategy to keep their nests, and ...

The Habitat Stewardship Program for Species at Risk (HSP) was established in 2000. It provides funding for projects submitted by Canadians that contribute directly to the recovery objectives and ...

Most UK ant varieties are perfectly harmless, including the common black garden ant and the yellow meadow ant, but there are some species that are prepared to bite or sting (or both). These include ...