The giant turtle ant’s flat, broad head helps it glide between treetops in South American rainforests. Working on the book allowed Spicer Rice to remember what ignited her lifelong love of ants: ...

A group of ants, known as "door-head ants," use their flat noggins like stoppers to close off the entrances to their homes, which are small holes in trees previously carved out by beetles. To ...

Ants head straight home. Friday, 15 June 2001. ... They found that when the ants were released onto flat terrain, they began searching for food at a shorter distance from the nest.

Some ants have figured out how to keep from getting lost: Build taller anthills. Desert ants that live in the hot, flat salt pans of Tunisia spend their days looking for food. Successful grocery ...