If you have never seen birds employing ants for pest control duties, you need to take a look at this fascinating clip. At first glance, it looks like a great example of a symbiotic relationship and ...

Essential health maintenance for some birds requires active anting to ensure feather integrity. Secretions from the Formicinae subfamily produce a stinging sensation that complicates the cleaning ...

According to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, snags are utilized by 43 species of birds and perhaps as many as 26 species of mammals throughout the Midwest.

When building a bird nest in ant territory, the best defense could be an offensive fungus. Swollen-thorn acacia trees are aggressively defended by multiple species of ants. And yet, several species of ...

Mountains are home to 85% of the world’s amphibian, bird, and mammalian species, despite covering only 25% of the Earth’s surface. This makes them a highly diverse ecosystem and a key focus for ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 16 (Reuters) - A parasitic worm can make its ant victims swell into what looks like a delicious, juicy berry to birds, which apparently eat the ants and help the worm spread and ...