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New research reveals that the zombie-ant fungus Ophiocordyceps lives hidden within Amazonian mosses as an endophyte, ...

Leafcutter ants developed agriculture millions of years before humans, building enormous underground colonies where they ...

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Researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) developed an imaging method, metabolome informed proteome imaging ...

A Cross Lanes man who helps save lives by identifying toxic mushrooms for poison control recently discovered a new species ...

Millions of leafcutter ants march through tropical forests carrying pieces of leaves, but they aren't collecting them to eat.

The Leafcutter bee uses plant material to make an above-ground nest, usually in a tube-shaped cavity. After mating, the male dies, and the female lays her eggs. She deposits pollen on the eggs (so ...