ants

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The most fundamental tool he describes is an innate “number sense,” as displayed by both humans and some animals, including rats, ants, chickens, chimpanzees and guppies.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 29, 2026

While at UNR, she traveled to Costa Rica to pursue a multimedia story on using leafcutter ants to create vaccines, and to Paris to report on the 2024 Summer Olympics.

From Los Angeles Times • May 26, 2026

And at a certain point, you get over the sleep-deprivation feeling of tiny ants biting the inside of your skull.

From Slate • May 3, 2026

The job targeting cockroaches, ants, mice and rats is less vulnerable to being replaced by AI.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 28, 2026

But now fears came swarming about my head like the black flying ants after a storm, and I cowered from the beat of their wings.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya