in the wild, staghorn ferns grow in colonies to improve water storage for all members
- Written by Kevin Burns, Professor, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Shutterstock/Florist_YanaSocial colonies are nothing new in the animal kingdom. We know bees, ants and termites live in large colonies, divide labour and co-operate to take care of offspring produced by a single queen.
This behaviour, known as eusociality, has evolved independently in insects, crustaceans (certain species of shrimp) and even some...





