Question: We have a problem with cutter ants. I lose my entire crape myrtle tree every year. All of the pest control personnel I ask do not have a solution. Can you please suggest something to ...

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 ...

In Central America’s rain-drenched forests, leaf-cutting ants collect pieces of leaves on which they grow fungi for food. But the rain can hit hard, especially for a small ant. When leaf-cutting ants ...

The leaf cutter ant (Atta rodona) is a fungus-growing ant that inhabits tropical regions like Manu. Groups of these ants are often seen at night dismantling area vegetation leaf by leaf. During a ...

It is remarkable how, after our prolonged heat, a few late rains and cooler temperatures have triggered roses to resume blooming. It is as if the roses, in defiance of a frost that is just a few weeks ...

Somewhere in the middle of the Amazon rain forest in South America is a strange kind of frog (Lithodytes lineatus) that appears to be completely impervious to aggressive leaf-cutter ants, and until ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama discovered that carrying oversized loads limits the ability to perceive the trail in leafcutter ants, akin to blind spots ...

We all know that lots of different kinds of insects eat leaves. Some just eat the tender bits and leave a skeleton of tough veins behind, while others chew holes in the middle of a leaf. Some make ...

Editor’s Note: This is the second of a two-part series on Texas leaf cutting ants. The first part was published on Sept. 4. Control of Atta Texana, Texas leaf cutter ants, is a challenge because of ...

First, two lilies disappeared from the garden. Then, a crape myrtle tree was stripped overnight. Tina Ramirez's house in the Harper's Landing neighborhood of The Woodlands was under attack. Every ...

Leaf-cutter ants are considered a problem by cacao farmers in Peru. However, the damage they cause can be limited. This is ...

Scientists have noted instances of leaf-cutter bees using plastic waste to construct their nests and one research group suggested such behavior could be an 'ecologically adaptive trait' and beneficial ...