The ants that invaded our house were different from any ants I had ever seen — they were so tiny that they could get into ...

When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...

Coyote Peterson enters the "Sting Zone" with the Harvester Ant to settle the debate: Do they bite or sting? Watch as hundreds of ants swarm his hands, injecting one of the most toxic venoms on the ...

Move over, Game of Thrones—ants can turn armies against their leaders and use subterfuge to take over entire kingdoms, too. This chilling discovery did not originate with a professional scientist, but ...

Researchers discovered that males of the yellow crazy ant have maternal and paternal genomes in different cells of their body and are thus chimeras. The yellow crazy ant, or Anoplolepis gracilipes, ...

High in Fiji s rainforest, the ant plant Squamellaria grows swollen tubers packed with sealed, single-door apartments. Rival ant species nest in these chambers, fertilizing their host with ...

Most importantly, newly hatched termites are miniature, mobile versions of the adults and immediately join in the nest processes, whereas ants have legless, maggot-like larvae that have to be fed by ...