Leafcutter ants appear to remember past infections and respond more aggressively to familiar threats, according to a new ...

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

Characteristics of social immune memory were observed in colonies of Atta sexdens exposed to four different pathogenic fungi.

The newly discovered species, named Gibellula attenboroughii, acts in a similar way as the zombie ant fungus, seemingly manipulating its prey to move to a more suitable spot for the fungus to ...

These ants aren’t eating the leaves they carry—they use plant matter to cultivate a special fungus in their underground chambers. It’s like farming, but instead of growing vegetables, they grow the ...