When humans work in large teams, they become less individually effective. But each ant grows more efficient when ...

Weaver ants are intelligent and often difficult to ward off, but these simple tips and tricks can help you eliminate them and ...

To escape a watery death, some fire ants use build sand structures that draw the insects’ sugary, liquid food out of containers and to a safer place.

As army ants travel over uneven terrain, they link their bodies together to create bridges — a system that might give engineers insight into controlling robotic swarms.

Could ants’ nests hold the secret to reducing traffic congestion on the 405 Freeway? In a new study, UCLA biologists discovered insights about how ants build their nests that could be useful for ...

By working together, ants can do things that would be unachievable as insects on their own. From tackling prey hundreds of times their size to building bridges in order to cross a stream, the ...

The unique architecture of some ball-like plants high in trees in Fiji lets violent ants live peacefully and feed the plant with valuable droppings.

Effective treatment methods differ across ant species, so it's important to know what kind of ants you're dealing with before ...

Ants build mounds in all shapes and sizes. Beneath those piles of dirt, ants are building their underground homes. That’s what I my friend Rob Clark, an entomologist who studies bugs on plants ...

Carpenter ants build their nests by tunneling in wet and rotting wood, and generally do not go into healthy wood. Carpenter ants use knots, cracks, holes and old insect tunnels to gain access to ...