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The Ant and the Butterfly

A tragic end to an extraordinary partnership, but thanks to the intervention of The Joint Committee for the Conservation of the Large Blue Butterfly, at least one species survived.

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Chinese man gets death for ant-breeding scam

A Chinese man has been sentenced to death for conning people out of 3 billion yuan ($387 million) in a giant scam to breed ants, local media said Thursday.

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Fungus that mind-controls ants to assist in spreading

Driven on and on by the still-growing fungus, the ant finally achieves a seemingly prescribed height whereupon, utterly spent, it impales the plant with its mandibles and, thus affixed, waits to die.

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Business turns to ants and algorithms in search for profit

How ants are teaching the world's biggest companies how to behave

Ants remember their enemy's scent

Ants retain the scent of insects they have fought with, enabling the whole colony to collectively "know its enemies", say scientists.

Rare 'supersoldier' ants created in Canadian lab

Canadian researchers have discovered they can induce supersoldier ants — whose bodies react to stress by expanding in size with huge oblong heads and giant vicious jaws — in the Pheidole ant species.

VIDEO: How to stage an 'ant ballet'

Artist and designer Ollie Palmer explains how he has developed technology that he hopes will allow him to stage an "ant ballet".

Watch: Spring Weather: Insect Swarms

Extreme heat brings out bees, ants and ticks.