Can you believe this? Fire ants saved her life! In 1999, Joan Murray jumped from 14,500 feet during what should have been a ...

Local officials are “urging continued public vigilance following the second confirmed discovery of red imported fire ants” in ...

The trade-off between quality and quantity is a fundamental economic dilemma. Now, a team of British, American, and Japanese researchers describes how it applies to biology, as well. They have ...

How did ants take over the world? The answer may be skin deep. By Cara Giaimo Cara Giaimo recently reported on ants that had found a loophole in a fundamental rule of life. If life is a numbers game, ...

An ant’s life cycle starts as a tiny egg. It hatches into a larva which is like a small worm without eyes or legs. It grows quickly and depends on adult worker ants to feed it. These workers decide ...

Ants, by contrast, have been using antibiotics for tens of millions of years, and they might hold the key to using these powerful drugs more wisely." Ants as a source of antibiotics The team looked at ...

Research shows that some ant species have learned how to treat their wounds, revealing one of the clearest examples of medical behavior outside humans. Medicine has been considered a uniquely human ...

Queen ant pupae did not because, the researchers theorize, they have stronger immune systems and could better survive infection. This research dovetails with another finding from earlier this year in ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

A pesky pest has invaded Central Texas. The invasive tawny crazy ants form large colonies, taking out other species like fire ants, spiders and scorpions. Some Texas residents have reported spotting ...

The Mound: Omen of Cthulhu materialized at the Xbox Partner Preview to deliver the news that it’s coming to PC, PlayStation 5, and Xbox Series X | S summer 2026. It’s a narrowing of the previously ...

In the heart of a cursed jungle, faith and fear are your only weapons. Face the unnameable, survive your allies’ madness and unearth what should have stayed buried. Inspired by Lovecraft’s haunting ...