Crawl Space: Invasive Ant Armies Clash on U.S. Soil
Saturday, March 2, 2013 - 10:31
in Biology & Nature
The Argentine ant has spread to every continent except Antarctica, overwhelming native ants with sheer numbers and fierce battle tactics . But they may have met their match in a recent arrival: the Asian needle ant. The cross-species face-off, a surprise to entomologists, could topple ecosystems where the battle lines are drawn. [More]