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No A/C? No problem, if buildings copy networked tunnels of termite mounds

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‘The Last of Us,’ fruit fly edition

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The abundance, biomass, and distribution of ants on Earth

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Chimpanzees observed applying and giving medicine

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Devon calls victory in 27-year war on termites

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Where have all the insects gone?

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The saga of the cannibal ants in a Soviet nuclear bunker (2019)

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A remote island's battle against seabird-killing ants (2015)

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Photographer captures 'odd but exciting' crow behaviour known as anting

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Ant parasites that prolong the life of their host

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An ant colony has memories its individual members don’t have (2019)

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Ants trapped for years in an old bunker

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Ants Are Practically Immune to Traffic Jams

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Ants learn fast and don't forget

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4,000-year-old termite mounds found in Brazil are visible from space

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How plants evolved to make ants their servants

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Matabele ants have evolved a complex system of battlefield triage and rescue

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A Simple Algorithm That Ants Use to Build Bridges

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Lazy ants make themselves useful in unexpected ways

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A Floating Mass of Fire Ants in Texas

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Ant species cultivates coffee for accommodation

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Ants are destroying plants by nurturing perfect aphid colonies

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Ant colony discovered in an abandoned Polish nuclear weapons bunker

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How does a parasite create zombie-like behavior?

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Ants swarm like brains think

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Crazy ants take on fire ants and win

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By building “fairy circles,” termites engineer their own ecosystem

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Stanford Biologist and Computer Scientist Discover the 'Anternet'

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Ant mega-colony takes over world

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Army ants use collective intelligence to build bridges

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Ants recognise infected wounds and treat them with antibiotics

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Ant Geopolitics

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Ants can carry out life-saving amputations on injured nest mates, study shows

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The Simple Algorithm That Ants Use to Build Bridges (2018)

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