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

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

Tiny pharaoh ants invade buildings and hospitals, moving along walls and pipes, defying all conventional control methods.

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 ...

In animals, nature frequently oscillates between producing a multitude of less hardy individuals and creating a limited number of very robust specimens. This trade-off between number and ...

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 ...

Ants are among the most physically fragile insects on the planet, yet they dominate almost every land habitat and outweigh ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

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 ...