Sex-starved ants find a saviour

campaign has begun to save sexstarved ants from extinction using £50,000 of lottery money.

The rare red-barbed ant is found only in the Scilly Isles and a small patch of Surrey heathland.

The problem is the Surrey colony is all the same sex.

The Zoological Society of London intends to take a nest of ants from the Scillies to London Zoo and breed them for release back into the wild.

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