Ancient ants and soldier termites frozen in battle in tree resin called amber have been discovered in Myanmar. Here's a look at the warring insects from the Cretaceous period. [Read full story on the ant and termite warfare trapped in amber] Ant Battle Two 99-million-year-old ant species ...
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Short-nosed Echidna foraging for insects, ants and termites amongst leaf litter. Queensland, Australia. Short-nosed Echidna foraging for insects, ants, termites amongst leaf litter. Queensland, Australia. Lioness resting high up on a branch of an acacia tree. Women of the Turkana tribe, standing...
Dendrobates auratus, also known as the green and black poison dart frog feeds on ants and termites and can often be spotted near rotting logs or tree trunks Yum! fresh termites right out of the nest. Adventurous visitors to Costa Rica can easily sample this rainforest delecacy by finding ...
We saw them beside the airstrips while taking off and landing, and we saw them from the air while flying over the bush. Giraffes are just about everywhere, but they don't congregate in large numbers like a lot of other animals. you'll see them in ones and twos. I think five in ...
Some species use vibrations for communicating within members of the same species, such as to attract mates as in the songs of the shield bug Nezara viridula while it can also be used to communicate between entirely different species, such as between ants and myrmecophilous lycaenid caterpillars....
heat and keep the fox cool. Bat-eared foxes are sandy gray in color with lighter fur on their belly and dark fur around the eyes, muzzle, back of the ears, feet and tail. They feed on harvester termites and insects like grasshoppers, scorpions, spiders, rodents, lizards, fruits and ...