Ant fusillade

FOSSIL EVIDENCE TELLS US THAT insects have put wings to good use in their domination of the planet for the past 325 million years. However, some of these insects have given up their various motile fla

One of eight wood ant species found in Europe, the European red wood ant (Formica polyctena) leads a remarkable yet largely unseen life. Living in vast social colonies that can number in the millions,

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In Sydney, Australia, sulfur-crested cockatoos have a reputation for raiding skips and bins and being able to figure out a way past almost any lock people might use to try and keep them out. Now, they