This ant is busily collecting nectar from clusters of flowers on golden Alexanders, a native plant currently in full bloom. This ant is busily collecting nectar from clusters of flowers on golden ...

Rock landscaping might make your garden look nice, but it can also attract hordes of ants. Luckily, there are ways to keep ...

Around 4,000 plant species from different parts of the world secrete nectar outside their flowers, such as on their stems or leaves, through secretory glands known as extrafloral nectaries. Unlike ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Depending on the species of ant, they can be a real pain in your garden. I know, because I'm a master gardener who specializes in organic ...

Ants have a reputation for being relentless hunters. Widely known to carry anywhere between 10-50 times their own body weight, these tiny insects can also transfer seeds, small buds, or even bits of ...

A type of Japanese dogsbane releases a scent identical to wounded ants’ distress signal, drawing in scavenging flies that unwittingly pollinate it.

The exhibit includes a smell-based interactive, highlighting the range of odors ants use to mark trails, raise alarms and ...

Ko Mochizuki of the University of Tokyo has discovered that Vincetoxicum nakaianum (a dogbane species native to Japan described for the first time by Mochizuki and his collaborators only a year ago) ...

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In a greenhouse in Tokyo, researcher Ko Mochizuki noticed something unusual. Flies were swarming around the delicate flowers ...

A plant is the first ever to be seen mimicking ants to attract pollinators. The species of dogbane imitates the smell of injured insects to entice flies. Researchers discovered that Vincetoxicum ...

Around 4,000 plant species from different parts of the world secrete nectar outside their flowers, such as on their stems or leaves, through secretory glands known as extrafloral nectaries. Unlike ...