Using a synchrotron powered CT scanner, the Antscan project created an open-source digital library cataloguing thousands of ...

Ant colony nests are known for their impenetrability. These highly organized insect societies will soon detect an intruder’s ...

Ants trapped in amber reveal possible partnerships and parasites, offering a rare glimpse into ecosystems from nearly 100 ...

Kenyan prosecutors say ant smuggling is a major problem.

The exploding ant, known scientifically as Colobopsis explodens, has one of the most extreme defense mechanisms in the animal ...

Yet swarms of fireflies clearly exercise a level of control over when they light up, and they do so only in specialized ...

Texas A&M AgriLife has science-backed ways to control fire ants and eliminate entire colonies — and not just the ones you see ...

Research from the University of Warwick has revealed that butterfly caterpillars use sophisticated rhythmic signals to communicate with ants, helping them gain protection, food, and access to ant ...

An international team of researchers has built the largest three-dimensional database of ant anatomy ever assembled, scanning ...

For more than a decade, Evan Economo's lab has been using micro-CT machines to scan insect specimens. The resulting X-ray ...