Covered in overlapping keratin scales, the African pangolin looks more like a walking pinecone than a mammal. Yet, not many can tell how essential the. Check out our stories from Culture, Living, ...

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

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In a remarkable blend of science and tradition, researchers have revived an old Balkan and Turkish yogurt-making technique that uses ants as natural fermenters. The ants’ bacteria, acids, and enzymes ...

Fermenting milk to make yogurt, cheeses, or kefir is an ancient practice, and different cultures have their own traditional methods, often preserved in oral histories. The forests of Bulgaria and ...

We often wander to fancy restaurants and exotic dishes when we think of "gourmet" meals. But out in the wild, some of the most nutritious and surprisingly tasty foods come in small, unassuming ...

Within Brookfield Zoo Chicago’s Habitat Africa: The Forest, there is a creature that looks like a living pinecone, covered in keratin scales and equipped with powerful claws for digging into ant and ...

Like battlefield medics, Florida carpenter ants are the first known animal to triage wounds and adapt treatments. In a first, researchers have observed that a species of Florida carpenter ant ...

Animals come in all different shapes and sizes and have evolved in diverse and unique ways. To adapt to the food in their environment, animals have developed unique tongue shapes and lengths. Because ...

A mammal phylogeny with colors depicting the diet of living species and their ancestors; silhouettes of myrmecophagous mammals surround the tree. An inset diagram in the upper right illustrates ...