In Brazil's vast Cerrado region, Professor Luiz Carlos Forti and his team made a scientific breakthrough. They poured ten ...

Invasive tawny crazy ants have been wreaking havoc across the U.S. Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, disrupting ecosystems and causing headaches for homeowners. Now scientists at The University of ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. The scientist E.O. Wilson once wrote that ants are the most warlike of all ...

New research reveals a disturbing aspect of ant colonies: worker ants can be manipulated to kill their own queen. Parasitic queens employ chemical signals to alter the host colony's scent, causing ...

Groups of social animals, including humans, can make complex decisions without a single central leader. Those choices aren't always made by the majority, however. In fact, a relatively small number of ...

Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

A Squamellaria plant grows on a tree in Fiji. As an epiphyte, its roots don't attach to the ground, so it needs to find an alternate source for nutrients rather than the soil. G. Chomicki High in the ...

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...

“A qualified pest control professional can identify the species, locate the colony, and develop a targeted treatment plan ...