It almost sounds like a fairytale: a tiny ant dramatically impacting a giant lion. But thanks to a study that reveals just how interconnected all life forms really are, researchers have just figured ...

“The ant and the zebra” sounds like the title of one of Aesop’s fables. Like all good fables, this one has a moral, which is that tinkering with nature has unpredictable consequences. Unlike the Greek ...

A new study explores a disruptive force in the delicate African ecosystem that holds consequences for even top predators like lions. The big-headed ant, first recorded on the island of Mauritius, has ...

Karen Hopkin: This is Scientific American’s Science Quickly. I’m Karen Hopkin. Hopkin: Why did the lion take down a buffalo instead of a zebra? Because of the big-headed ants! I know, I know. Sounds ...

NEW YORK — A tiny invasive ant muscled into a Kenyan savannah and sparked such a dramatic transformation in the landscape that even the local lions changed the way they hunt, according to research ...

What makes the little old ant think he can disrupt the life of an African lion? Researchers say it’s more than just high hopes. In a study published today in the journal Science, a team of scientists ...

Mutualism describes a relationship that benefits both parties – the win-win of our world. A new study reports on a mutualism that goes from ants to trees to elephants to lions and zebras. It serves as ...

If ants think, ant lions ought to make them very afraid. In my imagination, I can hear momma ants sitting around in the evening telling bedtime stories warning their offspring to stay away from steep ...

About 18 months ago I bought some sand and piled about six five-gallon buckets full in a sheltered place safe from rain. I wanted to see what, if anything, might use the sand pile. Of course, a few ...