Where their activity has loosened plants, firm the plants back into the soil and water well. Good watering tends to discourage ants, as they prefer dry conditions. Ant nests (hills) can be broken up ...

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Sea turtle nests increase in Greece / Credit: deeje / CC BY-SA 2.0 After many years of observing one of the most famous sea turtle nesting sites in the world, WWF project coordinator Hariklia Minotou ...

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When building a bird nest in ant territory, the best defense could be an offensive fungus. Swollen-thorn acacia trees are aggressively defended by multiple species of ants. And yet, several ...

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Just as that historic smoke was about to arrive in the White Mountains of New Hampshire last summer, two tiny songbirds were building their nest. A pair of black-throated blue warblers ...

The cape penduline tit, found in the sub-tropical shrublands of southern Africa, builds an innovative nest that includes a false chamber to trick predators. And the brown noddy, a tropical seabird, ...

The FWC says no storm season is a total loss for nesting sea turtles, because female turtles deposit nests throughout the season so that at least some nests will survive even if there is a storm.