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NEWS ABOUT: ants

ants stories: 5 news summaries

Crazy Ants Swarm
Gulf Coast 

Tiny, frenetic munchers invade homes, snack on  electrical wiring

Sep 5, 09 5:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Billions of "crazy ants" are munching their way through Gulf Coast counties in Florida and Texas, the Wall Street Journal reports. The tiny insects, believed to have originated in the Caribbean, happily make their homes in human dwellings and are tough to dislodge once they move in. The... More »

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Florida • Texas • ants • infestation • insects • exterminators

(Newser) - Are men really necessary? Not if you’re a Mycoceperus smithii ant. Researchers have discovered that the tropical ant species is comprised entirely of females, the BBC reports. A colony’s queen will clone itself, producing only daughters. Though such sex-free reproduction is common in the ant world, this is... More »

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reproduction • ants

 Crazy Ants
 Munch Through
 Houston 

Shocking new ants species chewing up electrical equipment

May 15, 08 3:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Houston, you have an ant problem. Billions of ravenous ants have invaded the city and are chomping their way through the city's electrical equipment, causing shorts and failure, AP reports. The previously unknown species—dubbed "crazy raspberry ants"—apparently arrived in Texas on a cargo ship. The invading... More »

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Texas • Houston • ants • insects • pests • exterminators

Cheating, Corruption Rampant in Ant Society

Secret elite exploits workers with its DNA

Mar 13, 08 12:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - A power-mad elite is secretly rigging the system so their offspring rise to power, LiveScience reports. That’s the situation a team of researchers has discovered in ant society—not exactly the epitome of community collaboration once thought. Until now, it appeared that any properly-fed larvae could hatch into a... More »

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evolution • DNA • ants • nature • animal behavior • larvae • nature vs. nurture • queen ants

Ant Farm
Con Man
Gets Death

Fraudulent sales of "medicinal ants" earned him $400 million

Mar 21, 07 3:13 PM CDT
(Newser) - A pyramid scheme built on an ant farm earned a Chinese entrepreneur over $400 million—and a death sentence. The sentence meted out to Wang Zhendong by a Chinese court last month is part of a nationwide crackdown on fraud. Wang swindled thousands of people by misrepresenting his wares... More »

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China • death penalty • medicine • Wang Zhendong • pyramid scheme • fraud • ants • death sentence

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