In the world of social creatures, from humans to ants, the spread of behaviors through a group—known as social contagion—is a well-documented phenomenon. This process, driven by social ...

To quantify how reverse social contagion regulates ant behavior, the researchers examined individual ant activity amongst 12 colonies of harvester ants. These colonies varied in size from several ...

A study conducted by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), in Brazil, and collaborators shows that lemon ...

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

From tiny nuisances to powerful predators, ants are some of the most fascinating, diverse and sometimes deadliest insects on ...

Viewers on social media rushed to poke fun at the photo of ants piling debris around a poison trap to outsmart their captor.

Set out baits labeled for carpenter ants. Baits can be effective because ants share food with each other, says Benson. Place ...

After flying ants were seen swarming Metro Vancouver earlier this week, we had some questions and got some tANTalizing ...

The invasive Asian needle ant appears to have spread as far north as Massachusetts, bringing with it concerns over their ...

Leafcutter ants (Atta sexdens) exhibit a form of "social immune memory," recognizing and intensifying their response to a pathogenic fungus even 30 days post-exposure. This involves increased ...