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.

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

These termite mounds can last for decades, sometimes even outliving the colony that built them. The scale and longevity of cathedral termite mounds are incredible, making them some of the largest ...

Research by Ulrich Mueller at the University of Texas has shown that leafcutter ants even produce antibiotic compounds to suppress competing microbes in their gardens—essentially practicing biological ...

Weather-Fox How Ants Use Math to Organize Their Colonies?🐜 Posted: 6 April 2025 | Last updated: 6 April 2025 Ant colonies are master organizers, dividing work with incredible precision. Learn ...