HOUSTON -- (Feb. 21, 2011) -- Texas winters may seem mild to those who move here from farther north, but they can be hard to adjust to for immigrants from warmer climates. This is true not only for ...

Q: What can I do to eliminate leaf cutter ants? I thought I had them under control last fall, but now they are back even in the cold weather. The fire ant remedies did not work. How can I send them ...

Milestones are often daunting and deserve recognition. But, at the same time, they are also just days in the year, and life keeps on going. I celebrated my 50th birthday over the holidays, and leading ...

Leaf‐cutting ants are notable for their dual role as both potent herbivores and ecosystem engineers, shaping forest ecosystems through direct defoliation and indirect modifications of the physical ...

Texas Leaf Cutter Ants steal leaves rather than eating them. They take them in to their fungus gardens in the depths of their ant colonies and they use them to grow the food they need. I started my ...

A well-known leaf-cutting ant grows its own body armor using biominerals, a protective power previously unknown in the insect world, scientists have discovered in research published Tuesday showing ...

Leaf-cutting worker ants might look like they’d be helpless against an enemy soldier ant many times their size. But some of the smaller ants have a secret: Their entire body is coated with a thin but ...

They might not be able to leap tall buildings with a single bound, but leaf-cutting ants are insect superheroes, capable of carrying leaf pieces up to six times their body mass to cultivate fungus in ...

Leaf-cutter ants are named for their Herculean feats: they chomp foliage and carry unwieldy pieces, like green flags many times their size, long distances to their colonies. There they chew up the ...