When ants attack: Researchers recreate chemicals that trigger aggression in Argentine ants
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 - 22:14
in Biology & Nature
Experiments led by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have demonstrated that normally friendly ants can turn against each other by exploiting the chemical cues they use to distinguish colony-mates from rivals.
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