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Published online 21 September 2005 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news050921-6
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Ants make 'devil's garden' of Eden
Ants use natural poison to kill all but their host plant.
Researchers have found an earthly cause for a phenomenon that Peruvian locals call 'devil's gardens' in the Amazonian rainforest. These gardens consist of just one type of tree (Duroia hirsuta).
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