ant

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Bernard Suits, a philosopher who focused on sports, disagreed, and he drew on Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper in his inventive rebuttal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

"This new ant species is the insect equivalent of cleaner fish in the ocean," Moffett said.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

Within about a minute, a cone ant would emerge and climb onto the larger ant.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

I was sitting on a fire ant hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

But it is doubtful if he has an awareness of being caught in an aerosol of chemical attract- ant.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas