Similar to elaiosomes, these appendages are rich in fatty acids that attract ants. Once the galls detach from the tree and ...

Green-head ants are also called green ants (but not to be confused with the green tree ants of northern Australia, which do ...

Trees offer a lot of benefits to a property, but they’re not without risk. Look for these warning signs in its branches, ...

These are “ant-plant” trees, which famously cooperate with fierce Azteca ants; the trees provide shelter and food to the ants, and in exchange the ants defend their leaves against herbivores.

At the same time, ants hunt pests like winter moth larvae, which can defoliate apple trees, to feed their larvae. This opens up entirely new perspectives for biological control of plant diseases.

Raising yellow ants to protect pomelo trees from insects and pests, Trinh Dinh Mao, 37, in Thanh Hoa can save tens of ...

In other tropical and subtropical woodlands, scores of different ant species may share a single tree. But there's little room for coexistence where the ants known as Oecophylla make their home ...

Trees can be expensive and are valuable plants we need to avoid injuring. Wounds are openings for decay organisms and trees expend energy for wound sealing, setting them up for ...