Until at least the middle of the last century, Poona battled various insects, especially bedbugs and ants. The Europeans and ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

If aliens ever do land on Earth, don’t get all huffy if their greeting turns out to be: "Take me to your ant." That ant might be a queen mother, weighing about the same as a few grains of salt.

Parasitic ants parasitize other ants using aggression and deception. Aa Aa Aa Among my fondest memories are the summers that I spent studying the ants of Elk Island National Park in western Canada.

The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of a tree, perpetually hunting for food. While doing so, each unknowingly ...