Ants Store Fat for Lean Times (SPACE.com / LiveScience.com)

Sara Goudarzi LiveScience Staff Writer LiveScience.com Sun Jul 30, 9:30 AM ET Having an extra ounce of fat is unforgivable for many gym goers, but for ants, it's a matter of livelihood and they do all they can to store some of this energy source. And they share. When times are good and food is plenty, ants invest heavily in storing fat so that they can use it when famine strikes, a new study finds. They can pass the fat through oral secretions to other members of their colony or through unfertilized ...