A recent study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that, despite their outsized ecological impact ...

It's an effective trick if you can get away with it.

Ant colonies are well-defended fortresses. The social insects quickly sniff out most intruders and kill them to protect their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ants swarming a drinking glass on a counter inside a home Discovering ants inside the pantry or on a countertop can be frustrating ...

Ants send messages to colony members through odor compounds that contain alkenes, chemicals that help nestmates recognize one ...

Researchers discover the "Assamese Spiny Ant" in Guwahati’s Garbhanga Reserve Forest, highlighting urban forest biodiversity.

The Insect Biogeography and Biodiversity research group led by Dr Benoit Guénard at the School of Biological Sciences, the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has recently described and named a new species ...

S. lativentris beetles evade detection — and attack — by grooming the ants to harvest chemicals called cuticular hydrocarbons ...

(CNN) — An almost overlooked fossil discovered in a Brazilian museum collection has revealed the oldest ant specimen known to science, according to new research. The prehistoric ant lived among ...

Even the bugs are nonbinary now. A newly discovered ant is now the first animal species to be given a scientific name ending in “they” to honor gender diversity. Researchers named the miniature ...

Use of modern imaging techniques to identify the extinct species Ctenobethylus goepperti and analyze its kinship.