A small group of fire ants can change a colony's social structure using genetic traits and chemical signals, says a new study.

Colobopsis explodens, employs a unique defense mechanism: self-destruction. When threatened, these ants rupture their own bodies, releasing a sticky, toxic substance to immobilize predators and ...

Despite their tiny size, ants are able to accomplish absolutely incredible feats. They can build amazingly intricate nests, ...

Hummingbird feeders are magnets for ants who love the sugar water. Ant moats, regular cleaning, and repositioning the feeder ...

As warmer months bring more outdoor activity across North Carolina, experts are warning residents to watch out for a lesser-known but potentially dangerous insect: the Asian needle ant.

The main contribution of this paper lies in the manipulation of ant colony optimization technique for obtaining the order of cascaded SVM by maximizing the total probability of correct decision. When ...

Fire ants use pheromones to communicate with each other. When the colony is under threat, worker ants will send out alarm pheromones to alert the other members. This causes workers to swarm the threat ...