There are a wide array of other ants besides carpenter ants, winter ants and fire ants – Massachusetts has plenty. Meet the ...

In the world of ants, order isn’t optional. These tiny insects live in colonies with millions of others, working together as a team to forage, defend their nests and care for their young. As spring ...

The fungus is the only food source for the leaf-cutter ant. If the fungus fails to thrive, the colony can die, and without their cultivators, the fungus also does not survive. In a Smithsonian ...

Dara: This is a soldier ant, protecting the colony of the leafcutter ant. It just keeps moving. Stop moving, though. Dara, voice-over: Insects are not the perfect models because you have to wait ...

Scientists say meat eating ants are cleaners of the savannah where dead bodies of insects, reptiles, birds and mammals are ...

Leafcutter ants regularly carry leaf segments that may weigh 50 times ... capable of dragging prey items many times heavier than itself back to the colony. These strength capabilities vary depending ...

Leafcutter ants regularly carry leaf segments that may weigh 50 times ... capable of dragging prey items many times heavier than itself back to the colony. These strength capabilities vary depending ...