In this video, I raised a queen trap-jaw ant into an entire ant colony and simulated real-world events to observe the ants' ...

A colony of leafcutter ants is home to more than just one species. Each year, studies reveal new layers of complexity in ...

Ant colony nests are known for their impenetrability. These highly organized insect societies will soon detect an intruder’s ...

If you live in a warm climate, you’ve likely had at least one unfortunate interaction with fire ants. These tiny red ants are ...

Ant crickets are small insects that spend their entire lives inside ant colonies, one of the most hostile environments for ...

Urgent action must be taken to ensure that imported red fire ants do not establish themselves on the island, to prevent ...

In the forests of California’s Sierra Nevada, nature takes a dark, cunning turn. There’s a species of red ant, Polyergus mexicanus, that doesn’t just .

For more than 40 years, researchers suspected this species might operate in such an extreme way, but they couldn’t prove it. Now, a new study confirms it. This is the first known ant species made up ...

Texas A&M AgriLife has science-backed ways to control fire ants and eliminate entire colonies — and not just the ones you see.

Researchers have developed a high-tech system that rapidly scans ants and converts them into detailed 3D models. Using a synchrotron accelerator, X-ray imaging, robotics, and AI, the team scanned ...