Pictures: Fire Ant Swarms Form Living Life Rafts

Monday, April 25, 2011 - 17:30 in Paleontology & Archaeology

When a fire ant colony is flooded, the bugs use their natural buoyancy to form life rafts that can last for weeks, a new study shows.

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