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

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.

Following is a transcript of the video. Narrator: At first glance, a fire ant hill — or mound, as it's properly called — looks impossibly small. And yet, a colony of up to 250,000 ants call it ...

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.

It makes fun of a passing ant for working so hard, dragging food back to its nest. The ant is preparing for winter, but the grasshopper can’t be bothered to do that kind of work. When the winter ...