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Green Impact8-year-old’s backyard discovery upends a century of plant-insect science

Ants carry oak galls much like seeds, and the finding may reshape a classic idea about plant-insect evolution.

Joseph Shavit
DiscoveriesCaterpillars use precise vibrational patterns to communicate with antsHannah Shavit-Weiner
DiscoveriesHow ants gave up armor to build some of the largest societies on EarthHannah Shavit-Weiner
HealthDying for the nest: Sick ants choose the colony over lifeRebecca Shavit
SpaceAsteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs turned ants into farmers 66 million years ago
DiscoveriesBrain-altering parasite turns ants into zombies
Good NewsAnts can “sniff out” cancer!
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