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Learn the difference between termites and carpenter ants, including how they look, the damage they cause, and what Southern homeowners should know to protect their homes.

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...

“Insect herbivores have long been known to accumulate plant defense metabolites from their diet as defenses against their own ...

Native ants in the forests around the recent Eaton fire had survived the heat, flames and smoke, an evolutionary survival mechanism that even stunned scientists.

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