Evolution is an incredible process that has filled our world with a richly diverse set of species. In this sense, it is a ...

Believe it or not, viewers have submitted videos of piles of red ants on what appears to be a floating raft made of insects.

Mammals have developed some unusual eating habits over the past 100 million years, but a new study has uncovered the ...

According to new research, relying on ants as a sole food source has evolved at least 12 times in mammals since the reign of ...

This 1930s documentary-style film provides a detailed look into the lives and behaviors of ants, focusing on their social structure, nest-building, and survival instincts. The footage captures a large ...

Forget fangs full of venom — the backsides of serpents pack secretions volatile enough to kill insect invaders.

A study conducted by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), in Brazil, and collaborators shows that lemon leafcutter ants (Atta sexdens) exhibit behaviors that go beyond so-called ...

A single mum claimed her home has been infested with bugs and mould as she worries about her three-year-old son's health ...

Ants are fascinating and remarkably intelligent insects who live in complex social groups called colonies. 1,2 When I first learned about ant expert Armin Schieb's beautifully illustrated and easy ...

Ant genomes reveal how social insects evolved cooperation, preserved caste genes, and rewired chromosomes over 100 million ...

Carpenter ants’ evolution as a social insect has probably encouraged them to learn skills to protect ants in their colony.