Leafcutter ants of the American tropics exemplify animals that exhibit superorganism status, advanced social organization and symbiosis. As you walk through the jungle you become aware of these ...

The American Museum of Natural History is unveiling an enormous new exhibit of leafcutter ants. Making it happen was no picnic. A leafcutter ant carrying a flower petal inside a new exhibit in the ...

Scientists probing one of the mysteries of the insect world have identified a powerful chemical weapon used in the arms race between fungus-farming leafcutter ants and the parasites that plague them.

What do leafcutter ants and scores of middle-school students have in common? A mouth full of metal-laced teeth. Tiny arthropods such as ants, spiders and scorpions routinely bite, sting or otherwise ...

This image highlights the whitish cuticular coating present on the ant Ac. echinatior. (Credit: T.R.S., in a study published by Nature Communications, via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — A well-known ...

Milestones are often daunting and deserve recognition. But, at the same time, they are also just days in the year, and life keeps on going. I celebrated my 50th birthday over the holidays, and leading ...