UW-Madison Currie Lab

Exciting coverage of our new research by National Geographic!

Leaf-cutter ants are coated in rocky crystal armor, never before seen in insects Researchers have discovered a new type of mineral, similar to dolomite, covering the exoskeleton of leaf-cutter ants.

‪New blog post up in our series🎉Donny Hoang (pictured on the right, sampling insects) is using microbes to better understand ecology, and vis versa! He’s also looking at making biofuels more efficient with the help of microbes🦠 ‬
‪Read more here: https://currielab.wisc.edu/blog.php?id=17‬

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