Characteristics of social immune memory were observed in colonies of Atta sexdens exposed to four different pathogenic fungi. The insects increased their cleaning behavior one week and one month after ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Leafcutter ants (Atta sexdens) exhibit a form of "social immune memory," recognizing and intensifying their response to a pathogenic fungus even 30 days post ...

Scenes include ants carrying dirt, leaves, and sticks, working cooperatively to navigate obstacles, and tending to eggs. Other notable moments showcase leaf-cutter ants harvesting foliage ...

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

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

Once thought to be a species belonging to the group of poisonous dart frogs, these small creatures live within the enormous mounds in the jungle made by leafcutter ants. Little is known about ...

Before, anyone who wanted to grow cacao at 1,200 or 1,500 meters [3,900 to 4,900 feet] altitude was considered crazy,” says ...

A common exception of pesticide use for such small-scale farming is in case of an attack of an ant called hormiga arriera roja, or the red leafcutter ant (Atta cephalotes), that harvests the ...

Farming” behaviour is very unusual in the non-human world. As lyrebirds forage, they cultivate the soil and shore up their own food sources.