How ant species uses abdomen for extra power during jumps Date: December 18, 2019 Source: University of Illinois College of Liberal Arts & Sciences ...

What if I told you that tiny insects like termites and ants could actually lead you to hidden diamonds, gold, and other ...

Researchers in the department of entomology at the University of Illinois have shown how a species of ant uses its abdomen to add speed to its jump, in a recent study published in Integrative ...

A colony of cannibalistic ants discovered in Madagascar represents an important piece of the puzzle in understanding the evolution and behavior of one of the most successful insect species in the ...

Ants have those same stridulations on the back of their thorax, the middle section segment, and have a little pointed thorn-like protrusion at the beginning of their abdomen.

Parasites occasionally change the behavior or looks of their host, but a nasty tropical nematode alters both, making its ant host's parasite-filled abdomen resemble a ripe red berry. According to ...