Ants play a key role in forest regeneration, according to a new paper from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

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Ants play a key role in forest regeneration, according to a new paper from Binghamton University, State University of New York.
The physics of walking for multi-legged animals and robots is simpler than previously thought. That is the finding described by a team of roboticists, physicists and biologists in the Sept. 5 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, in a paper titled “Walking is like slithering: a unifying, data-driven view of locomotion.”
An invasive species of aphid could put some threatened plant species on Kangaroo Island at risk as researchers from the University of South Australia confirm Australia’s first sighting of Aphis lugentis on the Island’s Dudley Peninsula.
Soil aeration and water infiltration among benefits ants provide
Researchers have identified a new antifungal compound from attine ant farms.