Author: Yao Hua Law / Source: Science News

In Central America’s rain-drenched forests, leaf-cutting ants collect pieces of leaves on which they grow fungi for food.
But the rain can hit hard, especially for a small ant. When leaf-cutting ants sense an incoming shower, they hoof it back to their nests, says a study in the May Insectes Sociaux.Researchers from Argentina, Mexico and Peru tested how one species of leaf-cutting ants,…
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