Hoarding, in the animal kingdom, is a strategy that has been perfected over millions of years. It is not just a survival ...

From tiny nuisances to powerful predators, ants are some of the most fascinating, diverse and sometimes deadliest insects on ...

Leafcutter ant colonies, celebrated for their rigid division of labour, have yielded a startling secret: their roles can be ...

From the bright lights of cities that don't sleep -- where people hustle and bustle through the night to keep subways, servers, and supply chains ...

Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...

This is why they use toilet chambers. Whether they isolate it in a toilet chamber or kick it to the curb, ants don’t keep their waste around. But some ants find a use for that stuff. One such species ...

Leafcutter ants recognize the pathogen even a month after first contact. In the photo, a lemon leafcutter cleans fungus cultivated by the species. Credit: Quimi Vidaurre Montoya/IB-UNESP ...

This silent 1930s footage captures the fascinating and industrious behavior of ants, highlighting their natural instincts and social organization. Scenes include ants carrying dirt, leaves, and ...

There are at least 55 distinct species of leaf cutter ants, divided into three genera: Acromyrmex, Amoimyrmux, and Atta.