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The Guam Department of Agriculture is developing a plan to keep little fire ants out of a conservation forest along Cross ...

Discover the world's smallest snakes, often overlooked but vital to nature. These tiny creatures, some no bigger than an ...

After disappearing in 1994, red-cockaded woodpeckers may return to Tennessee thanks to major habitat restoration and a new ...

Giuseppe Battaglia walks in his beautiful garden on the outskirts of Avola, on Sicily’s southeastern coast. He is wearing long socks and sneakers, despite the September sun and 30-degree-Celsius ...

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MONTPELLIER, France — Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two ...