ant
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The paper dresses an ant in Argentina's football jersey as the team prepares for the World Cup final against Spain.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026
The project involves carefully translocating ant colonies into suitable habitats within Comer Woods, where conditions such as woodland structure, sunlight levels and food provide the best chance for the colonies to establish and expand.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
The ant reacts aggressively, biting the cone and accidentally detaching it from the anchor point.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
The snare's "exceptionally high power" flings the ant into a bigger web at "15 times the most extreme g-forces experienced by jet pilots", said lead researcher Prof Ajay Narendra.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
It was pocked all over with little funnel-shaped snares, where the ant lions lay buried at the bottom, waiting for some poor insect to stumble into the trap and get devoured.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
Sheer green food tents keep ants out of fancy cheeses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 4, 2026
Southern red wood ants are considered a keystone species, meaning they play an important role in supporting healthy ecosystems.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
"It's very unusual for a spider to feed on ants, because they're notoriously dangerous, and even more bizarre to find a spider that eats only one particular ant species," said Professor Narendra.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 26, 2026
The scientists found that these green ants were the only prey captured by the spider, even when they released other nocturnal ants near the trap.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
The trench was not wet; there were more ants than spiders.
From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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