Constant patrolling of the nest ensures that a male Cardiocondyla obscurior ant is able to bite or chemically tag a rival as soon as he is born, according to Austrian researchers. full story ![]()

An adult TV chat show has overturned a court order forcing her to wear and electronic tag after claiming it would put her out of work.
telegraph.co.uk (1 month and 10 days ago)

Robotic ants show how living ants find the best routes without a mental map of the terrain. ->
discovery.com (1 month and 24 days ago)
Those creepy flying ants you’re seeing everywhere? Carpenter ants, according to Tim Kohlhauff, horticulture coordinator at WSU-Spokane County Extension.
spokesman.com (17 days ago)
Those creepy flying ants you’re seeing everywhere? They’re carpenter ants, according to Tim Kohlhauff, horticulture coordinator at WSU-Spokane County Extension.
spokesman.com (17 days ago)
An endangered spotted leopard cub born this week at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is receiving round-the-clock care from zookeepers, the zoo reported Thursday. The male cub was born Wednesday to Chai Li, an adult female that now has produced three litters of cubs. The cub weighed about half a pound when born and appears healthy.
thenewstribune.com (21 days ago)

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported national police, The Associated Press has determined, feeding accusations that they were victims of federal death squads.
yahoo.com (10 days ago)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) -- At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported national police, The Associated Press has determined, feeding accusations that they were victims of federal death squads....
ap.org (10 days ago)
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) - At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported national police, The Associated Press has determined, feeding accusations that they were victims of federal death squads.
boston.com (10 days ago)
An endangered clouded leopard cub born this week at Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium is receiving round-the-clock care from zookeepers, zoo officials said Thursday. The male cub was born Wednesday to Chai Li, an adult female that now has produced three litters of cubs. The cub weighed about half a pound when born and appears healthy.
thenewstribune.com (20 days ago)

Asian needle ants, an aggressive species with painful stings, is on the march, winning territory from Argentine ants, the U.S.'s most famous invasive species.
dailymail.co.uk (2 months and 27 days ago)
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