News Headline

How Fire Ants Form Giant Rafts to Survive Floods

Source
The Conversation

Publication Date
2017-09-01

Drop a clump of 100,000 fire ants in a pond of water – or flood a huge area of Texas that’s infested with fire ants and drive them out of their nests in large groups. In minutes the clump will flatten and spread into a circular pancake that can float for weeks without drowning the ants.

Content
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-fire-ants-form-giant-rafts-to-survive-floods/