A curious summer encounter with rogue ants turns into a humorous journey through science, myth, and the mysterious habits of ...

Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, ...

"Observations indicate that army ants tend to ignore both adult tarantulas and spiderlings. This is quite interesting, since army ants are known to attack and feed on a wide variety of arthropods ...

This particular species of army ants, Eciton burchellii, is the lynchpin behind the largest known animal association; over 500 species have been documented to associate with army ant swarms ...

Robots can learn from it As army ants travel over uneven terrain, they link their bodies together to create bridges — a system that might give engineers insight into controlling robotic swarms.

Army of Hundreds of Millions of Ants Colonizes Beach. ... identify where the anthills are—often at the edge of the concrete—and treat only this area so as not to attack other ants," Berquier said.

Army ants often view spiders as food and eat them alive. However, the insects’ interactions with tarantulas unfold much differently. New findings published in the Journal of Natural History ...

Empire of the Ants is really effective at making you feel like a very tiny being within a much larger world. As a new strategy adventure game set in the insect kingdom, you command an army of ants ...

Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 6 in the Journal of Natural History, proposes several new ...

This is quite interesting, since army ants are known to attack and feed on a wide variety of arthropods," says Zamani. In their interactions with tarantulas, ...

Tarantulas' hairy bodies protect against the scavenging, spider-eating army ants that clean their nests, scientists say. Skip to main content. ... In the rare instances when the ants did attack, ...