Jacob Goheen, a UW assistant professor of zoology and physiology, was co-writer of a Science paper that focused on use of a global positioning system to track impala antelope and its predators to ...

Ecologists have discovered the secret weapon used by certain acacia trees to defend themselves against ravenous elephants: ants. The finding could one day help conservationists protect vulnerable ...

An enzyme in the nectar of acacia trees makes ants chemically dependent on their sugar. Photograph by Alexander L.Wild. Trees Trap Ants Into Sweet Servitude.

The whistling thorn trees and the acacia ants had a steady, mutualistic relationship and supported each other for many years. Then – an invasive ant disturbed their relationship, setting off a ...

None of the seven acacia trees in the front yard of Sam Morse's home in La Feria, Texas, seem different from any of the others—or from their countless cousins that thrive in the Lower Rio ...