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The scans revealed three insects: a fungus gnat, a black fly, and an ancient ant.

From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026

Bernard Suits, a philosopher who focused on sports, disagreed, and he drew on Aesop’s fable of the ant and the grasshopper in his inventive rebuttal.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 11, 2026

Scientists say this is the first known example of one ant species cleaning a much larger ant.

From Science Daily • Apr. 14, 2026

I was sitting on a fire ant hill.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

“Those men couldn’t squish an ant dead,” Muthu said.

From "The Bridge Home" by Padma Venkatraman