Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, ...

"Observations indicate that army ants tend to ignore both adult tarantulas and spiderlings. This is quite interesting, since army ants are known to attack and feed on a wide variety of arthropods ...

Army of Hundreds of Millions of Ants Colonizes Beach. ... identify where the anthills are—often at the edge of the concrete—and treat only this area so as not to attack other ants," Berquier said.

This particular species of army ants, Eciton burchellii, is the lynchpin behind the largest known animal association; over 500 species have been documented to associate with army ant swarms ...

Robots can learn from it As army ants travel over uneven terrain, they link their bodies together to create bridges — a system that might give engineers insight into controlling robotic swarms.

Tarantulas' hairy bodies protect against the scavenging, spider-eating army ants that clean their nests, scientists say. Skip to main content. ... In the rare instances when the ants did attack, ...

This is quite interesting, since army ants are known to attack and feed on a wide variety of arthropods," says Zamani. In their interactions with tarantulas, ...

Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 6 in the Journal of Natural History, proposes several new ...