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Life-extending parasite makes ants live at least three times longer

12 June 2023

Ants infected by the parasite don't work, are cared for by uninfected workers and live much longer than usual

A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years

2 March 2018

A species of subterranean plant was only seen once, in 1866, and was assumed to be extinct – until researchers stumbled across living specimens in Borneo

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Life-extending parasite makes ants live at least three times longer

A weird underground plant has been rediscovered after 151 years

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