The big, big world is run by people who play different roles according to social classes. In the smaller ant world, social classes may well exist too. As in popular belief, ants are hard-working.

Invasive fire ants have been detected the furthest west than ever before putting the region on red alert. Here’s why these ants are dangerous, and what to do if you find some. The alert comes as more ...

Attine ants grow fungus as food. Pseudonocardia and Streptomyces bacteria produce metabolites that protect the crop pathogens. However, these metabolites lack common structural features across ...

It's a common sight—ants marching in an orderly line over and around obstacles from their nest to a food source, guided by ...

Ant colonies work without central control. Knowing how they do this might help us understand other systems that have no leader, from brains to the Internet In the 2015 summer blockbuster Ant-Man, the ...

Fire ants’ fondness of fall arouses a flurry of activity. And that renewed activity provides an opportunity to control this pesky insect. The thing that triggers the increase in fall fire ant activity ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Jumping spiders are the main prey for spitting spiders. The spitting spider is a lethal hunter that, from a distance, shoots a sticky gum from its ...

Ants in Brazil have provided the first example of insects sacrificing themselves to pre-empt a threat. At sunset, the ants seal up the entrance to their nest, but in doing so a few remain outside to ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from News. Followed categories will be added to My News. The alert comes as more than 70 fire ant nests were found at Oakey Army Aviation Centre last month. Most ...