while those who refer to him as the Ant King emphasize his role as the counterpart to the Ant Queen. Also, this royal title possibly reflects his desire to challenge the king of the humans and ...

It doesn't matter what part of the Valley you live in, calls regarding ants are being reported everywhere. Here's how to ...

Scientists isolated a “supergene” that seems to transform raider ants into freeloaders with attributes similar to queens found in other species. By Rebecca Dzombak To thrive, ant colonies rely ...

There are a wide array of other ants besides carpenter ants, winter ants and fire ants – Massachusetts has plenty. Meet the leafcutter, house ant, odorous house ant, pavement and field ant and learn ...

Ant queens typically found new colonies on their own, and at the early stages are highly vulnerable to their brood being wiped out by disease. Researchers at Oxford's Department of Biology ...

It's tempting to squish ants the moment you see them in your house. But pest control pros recommend against it—here's why.

Fire ant colonies are typically built around either a single queen or multiple queens. Single-queen colonies will not accept additional queens, and workers will execute any potential competitor to ...

Enemies like ladybugs and spiders will raid your Ant Colony. When that happens, you have the perfect chance to kill them and turn them into food. However, if they kill your queen, you lose!

Kenyan prosecutors have valued the seizures of queens taken from giant African harvester ant colonies at about 1.2 million Kenyan shillings ($9,300). Depending on the number and variety of each ...

The black garden queen ant (Lasius niger) ensures colony survival by laying thousands of eggs after a single mating. Her diet, including honeydew, insects, and sometimes her own infected larvae ...