Media ants carry the leaves back to the nest using the ... The fungi, in turn, provide food and essential nutrients for the ant colony, which are particularly beneficial for young ant larvae.

Among the tens of thousands of ant species, incredible "intelligent" behaviors like crop culture, animal husbandry, surgery, "piracy," social distancing, and complex architecture have evolved.

Pharaoh ants have the ability to sense food in their surrounding environment ... Once they take the bait, they will carry it back to the nest and share it with the other ants, eventually killing ...

Ants are not only excellent nest builders but are also expert foragers, able to carry food and other items that can be many times their own weight. Part of that ability lies in their powerful jaws, ...

Asian needle ants aren't in Michigan, but are spreading in other states. The invasive species can leave a painful sting. Here ...

Venomous Asian needle ants are spreading in the US. They're already in Mississippi. The sting hurts more than fire ants, can ...

“Here we show for the first time that workers of the longhorn crazy ant can clear obstacles from a path before they become a problem – anticipating where a large food item will need to go and ...