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 ...

There are only two animals capable of transporting an object so large that it can only be moved by cooperating: humans and ...

I write about the world of biology. The Argentine ant is one of the most invasive species of ants, with its sprawling supercolonies ... [+] locked in an endless battle for territorial supremacy.

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.