Observatory: In a Fight for a Tree, Ants Thwart Elephants

Monday, September 6, 2010 - 15:21 in Biology & Nature

Ants live in the bulbous swellings of a tree known as the Acacia drepanolobium and feed on a sugary solution it produces, and in return they attack any creature that approaches it.

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