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In Kenya, vicious ants are nesting birds’ best neighbors, study finds
The remarkable partnership between East Africa’s whistling thorn trees and their resident ants is well known, but now a new study brings to light the trees’ relationship with birds. Acacia ...
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Tiny Ants are protecting Zebras from Lions in East Africa
Native ants historically protected acacia trees in Kenya's Ol Pejeta Nature Conservancy, but the invasive big-headed ants disrupt this harmony, leaving the trees vulnerable to destruction by ...