They might not be able to leap tall buildings with a single bound, but leaf-cutting ants are insect superheroes, capable of carrying leaf pieces up to six times their body mass to cultivate fungus in ...

Milestones are often daunting and deserve recognition. But, at the same time, they are also just days in the year, and life keeps on going. I celebrated my 50th birthday over the holidays, and leading ...

Up to three million specimens, translated into human terms about twice as many inhabitants as Munich - that's how large a single colony of leafcutter ants can become. To feed so many creatures at the ...

One supercolony in Europe spans 6000 km of the coasts of Portugal, Spain, France and Italy and contains millions of ...

Some ants within the colony patrol the neighborhood to protect the nest from intruders, while others stay inside to care for the young. Various molecular mechanisms, from hormone and neuropeptide ...