When army ants come to town, you move out, stay perfectly still, or die. They arrive in a part of the forest by the thousands ...

Argentine ants have been found on six continents, from South America to Japan. Researchers are studying their impact.

Taking clear inspiration from classics such as SimAnt and Dungeon Keeper, players will be able to dig through the earth, build tunnels and chambers, hunt for food and raise large colonies.

(Much like termites, which cause far more severe damage.) Some species, such as army ants, defy the norm and do not have permanent homes. (Why invasive ants are a bigger threat than previously ...

In this figure set, students use a study by Wrege et al. (2005) to examine the relationship between the army ant Eciton burchellii and birds that follow foraging swarms. Army ant swarms are one of the ...

Another is raiding other nests. Certain species of ants, such as army ants or marauder ants, engage in organized raids on ...

However, in the real world, a meat ant might find itself overwhelmed in combat by the sheer numbers of Argentine soldier ants that show up to battle. The researchers aimed to determine how this ...

GEORGE:And they're different sizes for a good reason. Each of these casts of ants have a different job to do. ADAM:'Soldier ants are bigger than the other casts. That head, isn't filled with a ...

But Alex Mintzer has filmed one while lying on a bench dusted with baby powder to ward off the colony’s soldier ants, whose bite can draw blood. Forgoing sleep to film ants comes naturally to Mintzer, ...