I spotted the “Keep Ants Away” sign next to a small pot of European pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium) at a flower show last summer ...

A new North Carolina State University study finds that climate change could be destabilizing the mutualistic relationships between insects and plants. The findings, appearing in the journal Ecology, ...

Ant-plant mutualisms represent a cornerstone of tropical and subtropical ecology, in which plants provide shelter and nutritional rewards to ant colonies, and in return receive defence against ...

The small industrious wood ant can do more than just build high nests in spruce forests. A newly published article in the journal Microbial Ecology reveals that ants combat a range of plant diseases, ...

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High in Fiji s rainforest, the ant plant Squamellaria grows swollen tubers packed with sealed, single-door apartments. Rival ant species nest in these chambers, fertilizing their host with ...

Over the last few years, several instances of ants damaging vegetable transplants have been reported on the Delmarva Peninsula in a manner unlike the more usual ant-plant interactions of feeding on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Myrmecophily is pronounced mur-muh-KOF-uh-lee and literally means ant love. With a pretty literal meaning, it refers to the ...

Ant-plant mutualisms mediated by extrafloral nectar represent a cornerstone of terrestrial ecosystem function, linking plant defence to predatory insect behaviour. Plants bearing extrafloral nectaries ...

Ants can be a nuisance in lawns and gardens. For one, they protect aphids — the bane of gardeners and landscapers everywhere due to their ability to severely harm a variety of plants. However, ants ...

If a trail of ants keeps marching across your patio every summer, one fragrant plant may help turn them back: European ...