Black garden ants modify the structure of their nests to mitigate fungal infection spread

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Sep 20, 2024, 10:32 am143 pts
A small team of biologists at the University of Bristol has found that black garden ants modify the physical structure of their nests to mitigate infection spread. The group has written a paper describing the experiments they conducted with black garden ants and fungal infections in their lab and posted it on…

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