For more than a century, scientists have known that certain species of ants subsist by raiding other ant colonies and turning their offspring into slaves. But researchers have known relatively little ...

Discovering ants inside the pantry or on a countertop can be frustrating and even leave homeowners feeling a bit squeamish, especially if the ants attack containers of food. Fortunately, there are ...

(CNN) — 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.

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

Queen Iberian harvester ants are capable of storing and cloning the sperm from a cousin species, spawning hybrid offspring to take on the hard work of keeping the colony intact. Reading time 3 minutes ...

Ants are small but incredibly organised insects that thrive almost everywhere on Earth, from forests and fields to kitchens and picnic spots. With over 12,000 known species, they play vital roles in ...

New research offers fresh insight into how different morphological types and social roles emerge in ant societies, confirming that size is coupled to caste, with genes ultimately deciding how size and ...

New research is indicating that invasive foreign ants that have hitched rides on global imports are slowly becoming the dominant species in the state of Florida. Populations of non-native leaf-litter ...

Ants you might find on Maui: graceful twig ant (center) as well as (clockwise from top left) the sickle-toothed ant, black house ant, yellow crazy ant, Emery’s sneaking ant, little yellow ant, African ...

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