Yahoo: How to Get Rid of Ants on Your Lemon Tree or Other Citrus
How to Get Rid of Ants on Your Lemon Tree or Other Citrus
Los Angeles Times: Trees recruit army of ants to defend against invading leaf-eaters
When this tree is down in the trenches of a dry season and battling pesky leaf-eaters, it calls upon its trusty allies: ants. Ecuador laurel trees will produce an extra dose of sweet, sticky sap to ...
Science Daily: Ants take on Goliath role in protecting trees in the savanna from elephants
Ants are not out of their weight class when defending trees from the appetite of nature's heavyweight, the African elephant, a new study finds. Columns of angered ants will crawl up into elephant ...
Ants take on Goliath role in protecting trees in the savanna from elephants
Ecologists have discovered the secret weapon used by certain acacia trees to defend themselves against ravenous elephants: ants. The finding could one day help conservationists protect vulnerable ...
Ants have been seen healing wounded trees in Panama—behavior that is believed to have never been observed before. When holes were drilled into Cecropia tree trunks, the ants emerged from their homes ...
Ants in your pants? That's nothing compared with ants up your snout. And that's what elephants in the African savanna must contend with when trying to snag a meal from a certain type of acacia tree.
The New York Times: In a Fight for a Tree, Ants Thwart Elephants
The Tico Times: Costa Rica Wildlife: Meet the Ant Acacia Tree (and its Ants)
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