Invasive species can cause all kinds of problems, from outcompeting native animals to wiping out crops and causing massive ...

As individuals, driver ants are small and relatively insignificant creatures. But as a colony, they transform into a huge and ...

A paleoartistic reconstruction of the new species, based on the fossil and on a close relative species found in amber from Myanmar. Now, a team in Brazil has uncovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant ...

Ant trails are easy to spot and can alert you to a new infestation of ants in your home. Scout ants leave the colony to search for food, and when they find it, they lay down a pheromone trail for the ...

The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke. It captures a ...

The U.S. Forest Service is giving kids (and adults) the chance to submit name suggestions for a recently discovered species of ant, as an exercise to teach students how new species get their ...

The Asian needle ant, an invasive insect known for its painful and potentially deadly bite, is spreading across the United States, according to officials. The invasive ants were first discovered in ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two different ant species. A team ...

(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 ...

A stinging ant, capable of triggering potentially fatal allergic reactions, has been spotted in eight Mississippi locations, including a confirmed sighting in Jackson County. Mississippi State ...