Army ants have a reputation as destroyers. As they march through the jungle in battalions several thousand-strong, they supposedly kill all in their path. But this infamy is overblown. There’s ...

The "army ant syndrome," essentially how they live their lives, hasn't changed much in all that time. Marching Genes Go Way Back. That evolutionary stability is quite remarkable, ...

Like human armies, army ants spell trouble for anything that finds itself in their path. The insects make a habit of killing organisms, often much larger than themselves, breaking them into pieces ...

A scientific study of the teamwork of army ants has discovered how they are prepared to let their fellow ants walk all over them to get the job done. Scientists from the University of Bristol observed ...