A newly described ant species found in Japan reproduces without males and maintains colonies composed entirely of queens, a ...

Researchers investigating an unusual insect nest made a discovery that revealed the remarkable scale of structures hidden ...

Scientists from Queen Mary University of London have discovered that a new form of ant society spread across species. They found that after the new form of society evolved in one species, a "social ...

How do ant colonies manage the nutrients in their food? Biologists have shown that an ant colony functions like a "collective mouth and gut". The members of a colony are capable of dealing with the ...

To cross streams or secure themselves against water currents, fire ants join forces to form rafts or build towers. Researchers have now worked out how the ants sustain tall structures without crushing ...

Proteins involved in the production and perception of pheromones may determine if red fire ant colonies contain a single queen or multiple queens. These odorant binding proteins (OBPs) are encoded by ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract The parasite pressure exerted by the slavemaker ant Protomognathus americanus on its host species Leptothorax longispinosus was analyzed ...

Winged ants aren’t random pests. Discover why over 1,000 US species take flight, form super colonies, and how to stop them ...

Ants are many things. They’re hard workers and intensely social. They’re quite strong for their size. And now they may also be a source of architectural inspiration too — for designing spaces that ...