Ant colonies survive because individuals are willing to die. New research shows that some of the most vulnerable members, immobile pupae sealed in their cocoons, can sense when they are fatally ...

Ants are among the most physically fragile insects on the planet, yet they dominate almost every land habitat and outweigh ...

Illness usually brings trouble in the animal world. A weak member may be pushed aside, attacked, or left behind. Many animals go to great lengths to hide sickness. But for creatures bound by family, ...

Earth's most successful creatures, ants, form vast, organized societies. The Argentine ant, however, has created an astonishing supercolony spanning thousands of miles across Southern Europe. Billions ...

Biological Sciences Asst. Prof. Christina Kwapich became hooked on ants after reading “The Ants” by Bert Hölldobler and E. O. Wilson when she was about 9 years old. The Pulitzer Prize-winning book set ...

Queen ants live far longer than genetically identical workers. Researchers are learning what their longevity secrets could mean for aging in other species. Animals that produce many offspring tend to ...

Tiny pharaoh ants invade buildings and hospitals, moving along walls and pipes, defying all conventional control methods.

PROVIDENCE – Read the news lately and you’re bound to find any number of dire warnings about the dangers of Asian needle ants. Their sting is worse than a fire ant’s. It’s been compared to having ...

A fascinating new study has discovered an insulin-suppressing protein that can help extend the lifespan of some ants. The research revealed that in a certain species of ant this anti-aging pathway is ...

Research shows that some ants have learned how to treat their wounds, revealing one of the clearest examples of medical ...