The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization in the animal kingdom. "With regard to the ant species we studied, it ...

In this week's Science for All newsletter, Divya Gandhi explains how ants, dolphins and birds use inter-species cooperation ...

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Source: Princeton University Press/with permission. Ants are fascinating and remarkably intelligent insects who live in complex social groups called colonies. 1,2 When I first learned about ant expert ...

Insects have an important role in maintaining the health of ecosystems, but our understanding of how human activities affect their populations is limited. This gap in knowledge is worrying because of ...

Banded Sugar Ant (Camponotus consobrinus) closeup isolated on white background, Banded sugar ants line up in a circle on isolated background, Group banded sugar ants line up in a circle© Kurit ...

New spider that hunts dangerous ants using a spring-loaded trap discovered by scientists in Australia - A ballista spider’s ...

Ants in space is not the premise for the latest Dreamworks film, but for an experiment carried out aboard the International Space Station (ISS). Eight colonies of common ants were flown up to the ISS ...

Eliminating fire ants from your yard is important due to the health and environmental risks they pose. Fire ants swarm when ...

The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization in the animal kingdom. The common perception is that the queen's only ...