The ants keeping an endangered butterfly alive

Look at Me by The Guardian

Mar 10, 202200:34:45Science & Medicine

Imagine outsourcing childcare to a nest of ants? This may not be the best idea for humans but a certain insect is making it work. Now the Eltham copper butterfly’s amazing use of surrogate ant parents has attracted human...

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