the lion. This challenge doesn't come from poachers or habitat loss but from a tiny, seemingly inconsequential adversary – invasive ants. Recent studies have shed light on how these small ...

Now, acacia ants are getting killed off by the big-headed ants, as The Guardian reported. And when the invasive species takes over the tree, it does not provide protection like the acacia ant did.

Researchers have published a surprising study in Science Journal, revealing an ecological shift in East Africa's savannas involving the "big-headed" ant and its impact on the giant African lion's ...