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 ...

Discovering ants inside the pantry or on a countertop can be frustrating and even leave homeowners feeling a bit squeamish, especially if the ants attack containers of food. Fortunately, there are ...

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 ...

The rapid diversification of ants has “led to their role as ecological engineers” that can work in habitats across the world, ...

When goods are shipped into the country, sometimes they are not the only cargo. Sometimes they can bring in unwanted stowaways: invasive species. Invasive species are non-native organisms that make ...

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 ...

The Insect Biogeography and Biodiversity research group led by Dr Benoit Guénard at the School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has recently described and named a new species ...

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

Even the bugs are nonbinary now. A newly discovered ant is now the first animal species to be given a scientific name ending in “they” to honor gender diversity. Researchers named the miniature ...

(CNN) — An almost overlooked fossil discovered in a Brazilian museum collection has revealed the oldest ant specimen known to science, according to new research. The prehistoric ant lived among ...