Formigas

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8-year-old boy finds mysterious “little balls” in the backyard and uncovers a scientific clue about a hidden trick among ants, wasps, and oak trees

Caio Aviz 05/05/2026 at 15:55

formigueiro revela manipulação química com ácido fórmico, rainha parasita provoca matricídio e assume colônia, mostra estudo científico

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Invasive Queens Execute Chemical Coup Inside Ant Nest, Cause Workers to Kill Their Own Mother, Assume the Throne and Dominate the Colony, Research from Kyushu University Reveals

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 30/01/2026 at 22:04

Cientistas investigam por que formigas usam cabeças de outras espécies como decoração e como isso se relaciona com caça, química e evolução.

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Tiny Ants Collect Heads of Giant Enemies as “Decoration” for the Nest After Hunting Them with Acid and Using Chemical Camouflage to Survive

Ruth Rodrigues 29/01/2026 at 11:09

Fungo parasita transforma formigas em zumbis reais na natureza, controla seus corpos há milhões de anos, inspira um jogo famoso e mostra como animais podem (1)

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Parasite Fungus Turns Ants Into Real Zombies In Nature, Controls Their Bodies For Millions Of Years, Inspires A Famous Game And Shows How Animals Can Completely Lose Control Of Their Own Lives

Carla Teles 28/01/2026 at 16:57

Formigas invasoras enfrentam moscas parasitoides em estratégia de controle biológico que enfraquece colônias e reduz pragas sem uso de venenos.

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These Tiny Flies Become Secret Weapons Against Invasive Ants, Inject Eggs, Decapitate Hosts, and Leave Entire Colonies in Panic, Helping Scientists Curb Billion-Dollar Pests Without Poison, in a Real Biological War That Is Already Spreading Across Several Countries Today

Maria Heloisa Barbosa Borges 27/01/2026 at 18:18

Colônia de formigas cortadeiras criou uma megacidade subterrânea com 8 metros de profundidade, e científicos precisaram de 10 toneladas de cimento despejadas por 3 dias para revelar a estrutura

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Leaf-Cutter Ant Colony Created a Subterranean Megacity 8 Meters Deep, and Scientists Needed 10 Tons of Cement Poured Over 3 Days to Reveal the Structure

Noel Budeguer 18/01/2026 at 18:09

Mil formigas enfrentam desafios extremos, constroem pontes e barcos vivos, cruzam cabos, invadem cofres e vencem lava grudenta para conseguir comida, provando (1)

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A Thousand Ants Face Extreme Challenges, Build Bridges and Living Boats, Cross Cables, Invade Safes, and Overcome Sticky Lava to Obtain Food, Demonstrating Remarkable Adaptation in Closed Laboratory Experiment

Carla Teles 26/12/2025 at 20:31

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With Nearly 4 Centimeters and a Painful Sting, the Largest Worker Ant on the Planet Lives in Brazil, Belongs to the Genus Dinoponera, and Challenges Reproductive Standards of Ants

Romário Pereira de Carvalho 20/12/2025 at 09:47

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The Only Country in the World Without Ants and Mosquitoes

Alisson Ficher 14/11/2025 at 13:38

Pesquisa na Argentina revela que fungo nativo Beauveria bassiana elimina mais de 80% das formigas-argentinas em até cinco dias, oferecendo controle biológico sustentável e eficaz

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The “White Fungus” That Eliminates 80% Of Argentine Ants In 5 Days — And May Save Beehives And Crops

Ruth Rodrigues 01/07/2025 at 09:51

Formigas se destacam no trabalho em equipe e superam humanos em teste de quebra-cabeça, revelando habilidades coletivas surpreendentes.

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Ants Outperform Humans in Complex Problem-Solving Test and Showcase the Power of Teamwork

Ruth Rodrigues 03/02/2025 at 15:18

8-year-old boy finds mysterious “little balls” in the backyard and uncovers a scientific clue about a hidden trick among ants, wasps, and oak trees

Invasive Queens Execute Chemical Coup Inside Ant Nest, Cause Workers to Kill Their Own Mother, Assume the Throne and Dominate the Colony, Research from Kyushu University Reveals

Tiny Ants Collect Heads of Giant Enemies as “Decoration” for the Nest After Hunting Them with Acid and Using Chemical Camouflage to Survive

Parasite Fungus Turns Ants Into Real Zombies In Nature, Controls Their Bodies For Millions Of Years, Inspires A Famous Game And Shows How Animals Can Completely Lose Control Of Their Own Lives

These Tiny Flies Become Secret Weapons Against Invasive Ants, Inject Eggs, Decapitate Hosts, and Leave Entire Colonies in Panic, Helping Scientists Curb Billion-Dollar Pests Without Poison, in a Real Biological War That Is Already Spreading Across Several Countries Today

Leaf-Cutter Ant Colony Created a Subterranean Megacity 8 Meters Deep, and Scientists Needed 10 Tons of Cement Poured Over 3 Days to Reveal the Structure

A Thousand Ants Face Extreme Challenges, Build Bridges and Living Boats, Cross Cables, Invade Safes, and Overcome Sticky Lava to Obtain Food, Demonstrating Remarkable Adaptation in Closed Laboratory Experiment

With Nearly 4 Centimeters and a Painful Sting, the Largest Worker Ant on the Planet Lives in Brazil, Belongs to the Genus Dinoponera, and Challenges Reproductive Standards of Ants

The Only Country in the World Without Ants and Mosquitoes

The “White Fungus” That Eliminates 80% Of Argentine Ants In 5 Days — And May Save Beehives And Crops

Ants Outperform Humans in Complex Problem-Solving Test and Showcase the Power of Teamwork

Engineers want to carve through Africa with a giant canal to bring water from the world’s second-largest river to a dying lake on the edge of the Sahara Desert that has already lost 90% of its water.

A giant brown band visible from space, approximately 8,850 kilometers long, connected Africa to America in the Atlantic Ocean, and satellites revealed that it is neither land nor pollution, but the largest accumulation of seaweed in the world, which broke records in 2025.

Brazil filled the Northeast with wind turbines but now faces the side effect of 705 giant blades reaching the end of their lifespan by 2032 just in Rio Grande do Norte, while the world projects 43 million tons of waste by 2050.

India approved the country’s first submerged road-rail tunnel, 15.8 kilometers dug under the bed of the Brahmaputra River.

Instead of burning or burying old tires, an American city is transforming about 2,000 of them into the street itself, paving its first sections with a quieter and more durable rubber asphalt.

In just one cast, fishermen are surprised to capture 14,096 mullets in Bombinhas and close a historic season with 58,000 fish; scene recorded in the Santa Catarina paradise marks the last day of the 2026 season.

10 giant tortoises are reintroduced and, in just 6 months, trigger changes that lead scientists to investigate a phenomenon absent for 180 years; the numbers recorded on the island impress researchers from around the world.