Leafcutter ant colonies, celebrated for their rigid division of labour, have yielded a startling secret: their roles can be ...

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

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

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

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

I opened the door of the kitchen cupboard to get the peanut butter and saw an ant scampering away. I quickly dispatched the ant. Now I have a problem. If I tell Mary Alice about seeing an ant, she ...

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

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

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