Think of all the ways the people you know get your attention. An adult might shout your name across the yard. Your friend might wave his arms from down the sidewalk. Your teacher might tap you on the ...

(CN) — For creatures as tiny and generally defenseless as ants, communication between members of a colony is essential for survival. It has long been known that ants use pheromones to communicate, but ...

Danger Pheromones don’t only attract ants, they can also repel them. Many ant species use alarm pheromones to signal danger, such as predators or collapsing terrain. If ants encounter a threat along a ...

Ants navigate their richly aromatic world using an array of odor receptors and chemical signals called pheromones. Whether foraging or defending the nest, mating or tending to their young, ants both ...

Even the biggest insects’ brains are very small, though not so small they can’t communicate with each other—or, to an extent, with human beings. Researchers in Washington state, Japan, and South Korea ...

Ants rely heavily on their acute senses of smell to orchestrate social behaviors, including seeking food or defending their colonies. While the ant olfactory system is more complex than that of other ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Predatory beetles can detect the unique alarm signal released by ants that are under attack by parasitic flies, and the beetles use those overheard conversations to guide their search ...