As such, let’s learn more about army ants, and how they work as a unit to take on formidable foes like wasps. Army Ant Characteristics. Army ants erect living, moving nests called bivouacs.

How do ants differ from other social insects?Bees, wasps, and ants belong to the order Hymenoptera. Bees feed on flowers; wasps hunt other insects; ants "feed on a whole variety of things," from ...

An 8-year-old’s casual backyard observation has transformed our understanding of an intricate relationship between ants, wasps, and oak trees. What appeared to be ants carrying seeds turned out ...

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.

Drexel University researchers sampled a variety of army ant (Eciton burchellii parvispinum) colonies to test how their habitat distribution affected the ants’ tolerances of extreme low and high ...