Spiders are found all around the world, except in Antarctica. There are over 50,000 species that belong to 136 families.

Imagine a world hidden within the hollow stem of a plant—a bustling metropolis of ants, secret tunnels, nurseries, and an ...

Their mottled gray, brown, and white feathers create a bark-like pattern that blends seamlessly with Australian eucalyptus and acacia trees. What makes their camouflage particularly effective is their ...

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Today, the hills are mostly covered by acacia trees cultivated for the furniture industry. It is good for Edgerton to see a country that is completely different from the one in his memories.

These airborne chemical signals can be detected by neighboring trees, which then boost their own defenses in anticipation of the coming threat. For example, when African acacia trees are browsed upon ...

I had seen powerful older males shake full-grown acacia trees to make the seed pods—a favorite food of elephants—shower down to the ground. On some of these occasions a younger bull or two ...

In the arid areas of Kenya's West Pokot County, beekeepers collect honey from buzzing hives set among fragrant acacia trees, native to the region. The trees, which were conserved with the help of ...

Based on this, a group tied him to an areca nut tree and tortured him in a barbaric manner. A video of the assault has now gone viral. In the video, the attackers are seen releasing red ants and other ...

In 2024, Prof Brett Hurley and PhD candidate Garyn Townsend from Fabi visited central Vietnam, where they collected material from PSHB-infested acacia trees in the hope of identifying and testing ...

Ants known to defend certain species of Acacia trees from elephant predation deter the massive herbivores so effectively that they are impacting entire savanna ecosystems, according to a study ...