Tiny pharaoh ants slip through cracks, spread through walls and pipes, and can infest entire buildings—including hospitals ...
The rapid diversification of ants has “led to their role as ecological engineers” that can work in habitats across the world, ...
The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...
A new study shows how ants grow huge colonies by choosing numbers over strength and relying on teamwork instead of tough ...
Research shows that some ants have learned how to treat their wounds, revealing one of the clearest examples of medical ...
Has a crucial component to the development of human medicine been hiding under our feet? Auburn University Assistant ...
Here’s a fun (and creepy) fact: The Earth is home to approximately 20 quadrillion ants. To put zeroes on it, that’s around 20,000,000,000,000,000 of the six-legged insects living all around us. How ...
Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? The famous question, though implausible, reflects a ...
Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? As silly as it sounds, the question captures a real ...
If life is a numbers game, ants are winning. There are around 20 quadrillion individual ants on Earth (more than 2 million per human), ...
It grows quickly and depends on adult worker ants to feed it. These workers decide how much and what kind of food the larva ...
Researchers are investigating a striking defense behavior in a rare ant species known for self-detonation. When threatened, ...