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

In a new paper published this week in Nature, Kronauer and his colleagues report that often-overlooked ant pupae provide a crucial service to the colony: Their developing bodies make a milk-like ...

Clever worms form superorganism towers to hitch rides on insects Nematode towering behavior is recorded in the wild for the first time, a rare example of collective hitchhiking in nature Date ...

Many folks in southern coastal areas know about strand feeding, the remarkable fish-catching behavior demonstrated by ...

Unlike ants or bees, no individual directs the operation. Yet, the coordination is remarkable, suggesting subtle, still poorly understood communication. The towers act as launch pads to colonize new ...

Hoarding, in the animal kingdom, is a strategy that has been perfected over millions of years. It is not just a survival ...

Back in the orchard, a fresh wave of heat shrivels the fallen fruit. One lingering tower begins to sway, sensing vibrations. A beetle lands, and the column leans, clings and lifts off like a living ...

It’s something seen in other animals too, like fire ants, which build bridges and rafts out of their own bodies, or slime molds, which merge into one big moving blob to find food.

The Asian needle ant has a sting that is sharp, sudden and sometimes dangerous. The ants don’t leave trails or create mounds like fire ants, so they are hard to find and track.