Symbiotic relationships between species are both common and incredible, including those between ants and these four insects, ...

The ant, a small but mighty creature, is often overlooked when it comes to discussions about cleanliness and hygiene in the ...

A strange invader is marching across the United States, born of two different species. Red fire ants and black fire ants have ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

Particles of food and sticky surfaces can entice ants at the best of times, while warmer weather conditions can also cause ...

Whatever they are doing, bees take their jobs seriously, be it pollinating plants or nursing their young. They protect their ...

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

Tanaka and colleagues studied this behavior in Myrmecophilus tetramorii, a "brood parasite" that sustains itself within host colonies by consuming dead insects and ant larvae. The researchers ...

Friend, I regret to inform you that ant nests are computers now. Which is to say, somebody's finally made a video game ...