Each weaver ant colony inhabits from half a dozen to more than a hundred nests at any given time, forming a metropolis of boroughs and suburbs connected by busy commuter routes. A hierarchy of ...

Parasitic crickets survive in dangerous ant colonies using genius dodging and distancing moves while staying hidden in safe ...

Ants are known to kill intruders when they are detected to protect the colony. To avoid attacks, ant crickets use various ...

Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered sophisticated behavioral strategies that enable parasitic crickets ...

Each Argentine ant colony has multiple queens, allowing the colony to expand rapidly both in population and territorial control. Today, native Californian ant species like harvester ants and ...

This body of work should be both original and outstanding. When a weaver ant colony went hunting for small insects on a dry riverbed, this beetle began to pick them off. In an act of defence, one of ...

Ripan was photographing a red weaver ant colony when he spotted this slightly strange individual. It may have the face of an ant but its eight legs give it away – on closer inspection Ripan discovered ...