Vincetoxicum nakaianum tricks flies into pollinating it by imitating the smell of ants attacked by spiders. Ko Mochizuki ...

A Japanese dogbane plant species tricks flies by mimicking the scent of injured ants - the first case of plants using ant ...

Ko Mochizuki of the University of Tokyo has discovered that Vincetoxicum nakaianum (a dogbane species native to Japan ...

The plant native to Japan mimics the smell of ants attacked by spiders to attract the flies who pollinate the flowers.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A tiny Brazilian fly whose larvae literally eat the heads off of fire ants will be unleashed across the South under a government program to control the vicious ants that are a ...

Researchers have discovered a species of dogbane in Japan that attracts pollinating flies by mimicking the alarm scent of ...

For the first time ever, it has been documented that a plant mimics the smell of injured ants to attract flies for ...

Ant bait not working? The reason may not be what you think. Factors like food preference, colony size, and placement could ...

If you do not have fire ants at your home now, you might soon. The stinging pests are spreading rapidly across the Triangle and the state. To help stop them, the state has enlisted a tiny soldier from ...

Ants rely on pheromones to coordinate their societies, but how do their neurons avoid sensory confusion? Researchers studying clonal raider ants found a unique mechanism: each neuron activates a ...