Arboreal ants have evolved a genius method for surviving when they fall from a tree. They can glide back to the tree trunk!

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Crawling along the underbrush of the tropical savannas of Brazil, there’s a powerful and mysterious insect known as the velvet ant. Actually a kind of wasp, wingless females of this species ...

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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 ...

Leafcutter ants run sophisticated underground farms complete with crop management, pest control, and live-in bacterial ...

When an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy who will help out by gnawing the leg off, effectively performing a lifesaving limb amputation. That's according to some new experiments ...

With over 20 quadrillion ants worldwide, ants dominate the Earth's biomass. Learn why these social insects thrive in nearly every environment. It can be startling to look at a world population counter ...

"Those newly mated queens will land on a property and start the cycle over again." ...

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 ...