Species with thinner protective barriers may need fewer resources and tend to have a greater ability to adapt to new habitats ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, University of ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

Ants are awesome little creatures and we already know that they have advanced survival tactics in battle, but the “exploding ants” that are found in Southeast Asia take the “colony first” mentality to ...

Ant trails are easy to spot and can alert you to a new infestation of ants in your home. Scout ants leave the colony to search for food, and when they find it, they lay down a pheromone trail for the ...

A paleoartistic reconstruction of the new species, based on the fossil and on a close relative species found in amber from Myanmar. Now, a team in Brazil has uncovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant ...

Ants have many things in common with humans. They create complex societies with sophisticated hierarchies. They cooperate to get food. They go to war. And, it turns out, at least one species also ...

Ants produce diverse, targeted antimicrobial compounds that inhibit drug-resistant pathogens, offering insights for new ...

Research shows that some ants have learned how to treat their wounds, revealing one of the clearest examples of medical ...

Ants are awesome little creatures and we already know that they have advanced survival tactics in battle, but the "exploding ants" that are found in Southeast Asia take the "colony first" mentality to ...