The caterpillars of these butterflies develop special glands that secrete a nectar-like substance to attract ants. The ants swarm all over the caterpillars, drinking the secretion. The ants "milk" ...

In tests with 30 different household objects, the addition of 'hairs' increased the prototype gripper's grasp success rate ...

WITH spring finally here, we can finally say hello to blue skies and warmer days. But the lush weather and brighter nights ...

Ant happened to be crawling around the willow’s trunk, eating honeydew. And when she spied Hawk feasting her hungry eyes on the sleeping Wood Pigeon, the insect shuddered from her antennae to ...

The little ant antennae are a great touch, hearkening back to the Ant-Man design and giving the the headpiece a bit of a unique flare. This is a great costume, and it blows the Ant-Man costume ...

By observing ants moving objects, researchers have developed an end effector that could make better robot grippers.

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

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Each ant has a specific role to play ... ants rely on touch and body movements to communicate. They use their antennae to ...