Ants live in highly organized colonies and cooperate daily to tackle a wide range of problems. Their striking group behaviors ...

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ant hills spread quickly across lawns. A single colony can multiply into dozens within weeks, taking over large sections of your ...

Ants are supremely social animals. They have an extraordinary ability to organize themselves and an inherent drive to prioritize the needs of their colony over their own. Some ants have taken this to ...

Imagine trying to build a house without a blueprint, find a shortcut through an unfamiliar city without a map, or govern a large organization with no leaders and no meetings. It sounds impossible. Yet ...

This video showcases the expansion of a Western Harvester Ant colony over a 30-day period, beginning from a small tube. It documents the ants' behaviors, including hunting, shelter-building, and ...

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Termites can inflict nasty injuries on ants. Matabele ants, and some other species, rescue their injured comrades when on hunting raids. Nestmates lick the wounds of their injured comrades to prevent ...

Some butterfly species can’t grow unless they trick ants into taking them home with a complex rhythmic signal. By Rebecca Dzombak Rebecca Dzombak has reported on parasitic ant queens and the number of ...