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A fern moth caterpillar

Arsenic-munching caterpillars may ingest poison to prevent being eaten

9 March 2019

Some caterpillars happily dine on arsenic-loaded leaves. Accumulating the poison in their bodies may be a tactic to ward of predators
Chimps

Unique chimpanzee cultures are disappearing thanks to humans

7 March 2019

Chimpanzee groups have special behaviours like fishing for termites that are passed on by learning, but these are rarer in human-dominated areas
Formica fusca workers with eggs and larvae on a pile (Larvae are the wrinkly looking ones on top). first picture just demonstrates that this species keeps their brood together, thus providing the larvae access to eggs, unlike many other species where different brood stages are kept separately.

Ant larvae defend their homes by eating eggs laid by intruders

6 March 2019

When ant nests are invaded by parasitic intruders, larvae may try to protect their family by eating the invaders’ eggs

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