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Termites are the African Matabele ants' (Megaponera analis) favourite dish. Proceeding in long files of 200 to 600, they raid termites at their foraging sites and haul the prey back to their nest where they are ultimately eaten.
Before starting their raids, the ants send out scouts to look for the termites' foraging sites. Once they...
Due to global trade and tourism, mosquitoes -- transmitters of dangerous infectious diseases -- have spread to almost every part of the world. Moreover, climate change promotes the spread of species that thrive under warmer temperatures even further. Scientists at the Goethe University and the Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung have now compared the ecological niches...
New research from the University of Bristol has highlighted how little we know about giraffe behaviour and ecology.
It is commonly accepted that group sizes of animals increase when there is a risk of predation, since larger group sizes reduce the risk of individuals being killed, and there are 'many eyes' to spot any potential predation...
Morris Animal Foundation-funded researchers from the University of Sydney have found a previously undiscovered hepadnavirus in an immunocompromised cat, and subsequently in banked feline blood samples. The research team published their results today in the journal Viruses.
"This is a very exciting discovery," said Dr. Julia Beatty, Professor of Feline Medicine at the University of Sydney...
