Ants

A: A grass fly visiting flowers; B: An ant-hunter spider (a phenomenon that attracts kleptoparasitic flies). Credit: Mochizuki 2025.

World's first documented: Plant mimics the scent of wounded ants to attract pollinators

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Vincetoxicum nakaianum, described only last year, emits a scent that resembles ants being attacked by spiders—and thus lures grass flies that feed on wounded prey and pollinate its flowers. Research pushes the boundaries of flower mimicry

Ants vs. Humans: The Maze Challenge

Group decision making makes ants smarter. With humans, on the other hand, sometimes it is better to be alone
Colonies of ants began growing mushrooms when an asteroid hit Earth 66 million years ago. This damage caused mass extinction but also created ideal conditions for fungi to flourish. This is how an evolutionary partnership was created that became even closer 27 million years ago and continues to this day. Credit: Don Parsons

Ant farming began 66 million years ago following the asteroid that doomed the dinosaurs

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Smithsonian Institution scientists compiled and analyzed an extensive genetic database, and found that some mushroom crops became completely dependent on ants 27 million years ago, a process created 65 million years ago by an event
The cover of the book - ants, neurons of consciousness.

Book: ants, neurons, consciousness

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The book presents an interdisciplinary overview of the evolution of consciousness in man by Uzi Ben Zvi, Philosophy and Science series, Attic Books and Yediot Books
Although the attacking ants far outnumber the attackers, they are not able to defend themselves against them - nor do they try. A polyergus ant surrounded by enslaved formica anthills, photo: Adrian A. Smith, CC BY 2.5

We were slaves to the ant and the butterfly

Special for Passover: It turns out that slavery is not limited to humans, and various insects survive and multiply in nature thanks to the "slavery" of other species. So what do an army of small ants and Sparta have in common? What were cow barbers?
Butterflies feeding on lavender flowers camouflage themselves in the presence of ants. Photo: shutterstock

Trojan horse in an ant nest

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It turns out that the protected ant nest, which has constant temperature and humidity conditions and even a food supply, is a place that attracts various insects and animals. Want to know what sneaky methods butterflies have developed to infiltrate
Thief Ant, CC 4.0

Antibiotic development inspired by the ants

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When an ant approaches a food item, it feels the forces exerted by the other ants carrying it, and accordingly decides whether it should pull the item or pick it up

Re-route thoughts

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Mouth-to-mouth feeding: fluorescence imaging of the passage of food from a collecting ant to its nest mate (see video 1). Source: Weizmann Institute magazine.

The gut feeling of the ant

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Ants in Bigodi wetlands in Uganda. Photo: shutterstock

The wisdom of crowds of ants

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Ants: photo: shutterstock

Ants that have randomly acquired knowledge "take command" temporarily, and their companions accept their leadership as a kind of "order of the hour"

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Ants light structure. Illustration: shutterstock

Small services / Jason J. Goldman

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A silver ant hunted a beetle. From Wikipedia

We have something to learn from the silver ants in the coming summer days

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Shrubs at grass height. An ant carries a load weighing 5,000 times its body weight. Photo: shutterstock

Studies prove that the built-in mechanics of the ant's neck allows it to lift a weight of up to 5,000 times (!) its body weight.

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Ants in Bigodi wetlands in Uganda. Photo: shutterstock

The unexpected victims of global warming

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Image of the robots. Courtesy of Simon Garnier, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Since when do ants have antennae?

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Carpenter ants - feed on furniture. From Wikipedia (CC license)

The social network of the ants

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An ant marked with a barcode in Dr. Feinerman's laboratory. Photo: Weizmann Institute

The social network

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Legionary ants of the species Eciton burchellii. From Wikipedia

Legionnaires

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An ant with a spore plant (fungus) on its head

Mind control is nothing new in nature

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Argentinians are taking over the world

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