A study investigates the evolution of beneficial bacteria that live inside and on the surface of farming ants. Attine ants ...

A lot of buzz is circulating online about using cornmeal to repel ants. While this may sound like an easy, natural method, ...

A study investigates the evolution of beneficial bacteria that live inside and on the surface of farming ants. Attine ants farm fungi, in one of the ...

It’s true that most people do not put the words “beautiful” and “insect” together unless they’re thinking of butterflies. But ...

A new study from Smithsonian scientists analyzes ant and fungus species, and uncovers the origins of their close partnership A worker of the fungus-farming ant species Mycetophylax asper ...

A lower-fungus-farming worker of the rare fungus-farming ant species Mycetophylax asper, collected in Santa Catarina, Brazil, in 2014, on its fungus garden. Credit: Don Parsons. Note to editors: ...

But insects beat us to it by millions of years. Various ant species cooperate with fungi, creating a home for them, providing them with nutrients, and harvesting them as food. This reaches the ...

One such innovation making waves is wearable robots, commonly known as exoskeletons. These devices augment human capabilities by enhancing the wearer’s strength and endurance, and they have the ...

he wrote. Straight has been using the ReWalk exoskeleton since 2014, following a horseback riding accident years prior. Lifeward, the company that makes the ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton ...

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE HERMIT CRAB follows the adventures of a small community of hermit crabs in Guadeloupe during their ...

(Pfc. Mariah Aguilar/U.S. Army) As the Army updates how it uses robots and autonomous systems in the next fiscal year, drone swarms, automated convoy operations and an exoskeleton to lighten the ...