Scientists show red wood ants carry sourdough bacteria that ferment milk, echoing Balkan traditions and hinting at new, safer ...

There is a species of ant that could be considered one of the most grotesque out there because of its unusual choice of home decor—the decapitated heads of their victims. Scientific studies have ...

Scientists recreated ant-based yogurt and revealed how insect microbes enable fermentation. Researchers have revived a nearly ...

Scientists revived a forgotten Balkan recipe where live forest ants and their microbes naturally turn warm milk into yogurt.

When you think of yogurt, you probably picture a neat plastic cup in the dairy aisle. The ingredients list is short and predictable: milk, bacteria, maybe fruit or sugar. But in a small Bulgarian ...

Drop four ants into warm milk, wait a while — and voilà, you have yoghurt. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen and ...

To further test the culinary possibilities of ant yogurt, the researchers partnered with Alchemist, a 2 Michelin-star restaurant in Copenhagen. The chefs created three new dishes from the ant yogurt: ...

In a remarkable blend of science and tradition, researchers have revived an old Balkan and Turkish yogurt-making technique ...

ANTS are known for their remarkably sophisticated colonies, coordinating their behaviours to transform a pile of dirt into a complex structure in as little as a week – but there are other ...

In a story that took the world by storm, a downtrodden yet cunning, lower-class family infiltrates a wealthier neighborhood’s home. Then, all hell breaks loose. If this sounds like the setup of 2020’s ...

The reproductive monopoly of the ant queen is not as strong as is often thought. Dr. Heikki Helanterä and Prof. Lotta Sundström, biologists working at the University of Helsinki, Finland, investigated ...