A chain of weaver ants can easily outpull just about any other creature, pound for pound, making them one of the most formidable teams in the animal kingdom. Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina), which ...

Some worker ants forage, some tend the nest, and some do something far stranger to defend their colony. A species lurking in the rainforest canopies of Borneo has evolved a last-resort tactic so ...

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Some honeypot ant workers never forage, never fight, and never move again after taking their post. Instead, they sacrifice ...

Ants make up one of the most diverse groups of animals on the planet, with many species boasting remarkable physical ...

Ant parenting may have evolved from the same brain systems that once controlled hunger. Researchers found that two chemical ...

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Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

The ant mounds on the heath, in the forest and in your garden are oases for life. The heat and nutrients from ant mounds make them the perfect home for unique plant and animal species, according to ...

When the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia last week presented its Leidy Medal to Dr. William Morton Wheeler, internationally famed zoologist, longtime Dean of the Bussey Institution for ...

You’ve probably never seen a Dracula ant, as these elusive insects spend their days tunneling through the leaf litter and soil of tropical forests in Africa, Australia, and Southeast Asia — rarely ...