Ants are among the most recognizable, admired, dreaded and mythologized insects on earth. They are famed for their industry, work ethic, organization, militaristic skills and loyalty. Ants are also ...

I like to take my 6-year-old grandson for walks on my acreage in Callahan County, but I am always afraid he will stop in the middle of a fire ant bed. Consequently, I have spent some time showing him ...

Red harvester ants have large, square heads. Ever since I moved to Texas, I have been plagued by ants. In New Mexico, where I grew up, ants were nothing more than mildly annoying pest. But here, they ...

Ant colonies are surprisingly complex and definitely worthy of scientific observation. This was the basic premise behind the original ant farms (antariums) introduced in the late 1950s. From ads in ...