What appeared to be ants carrying seeds turned out to be a story of chemical mimicry, evolutionary strategy, and ecological interdependence. Hugo Deans’ discovery, coupled with his father’s ...

The boy looked closely at a row of ants carrying what appeared to be plant seeds, a very normal image in the animal world. However, her father noticed a very interesting detail. Andrew Deans ...

In the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, the Minns Labor Government has taken immediate action to ensure that fire ant carrying materials, such as hay, sourced from both the storm impacted and ...

Hay, soil, landscaping materials, pots and soils are now banned from entering NSW from storm-impacted and infested areas of ...

“Bi-stability in cooperative transport by ants in the presence of obstacles,” PLOS Comput Biol, 14:e1006068, 2018. Ants carrying food to their nests often run into obstacles. To find out how they ...