To Display 500,000 Ants, No Simple Ant Farm Will Do The American Museum of Natural History is unveiling an enormous new exhibit of leafcutter ants. Making it happen was no picnic.

Ants might look unassuming, but their societies are some of the most complex on Earth. Deep underground or nestled within rotting wood, certain ant species have developed remarkable farming systems.

Some major ants can grow 16mm long, which is pretty big for an ant! Mutualism Between Ants and Fungi Leafcutter ants farm various fungi from the Lepiotaceae family in a symbiotic relationship .

Ants learned to farm fungi during a mass extinction ... Various ant species cooperate with fungi, creating a home for them, providing them with nutrients, and harvesting them as food.

Researchers thought colder temperatures and higher elevations could stop the march of invasive fire ants. Mother Nature had ...

The Demand for Exotic Ant Farm Colonies Is Driving a New Smuggling Trend. Authorities intercept more than 5,000 live ants concealed in specially modified test tubes and syringes. Two Belgian teens, a ...

Some ants farm. Some farm fungi for their food. And now, scientists have realized that when an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy to perform a lifesaving limb amputation.

Bill Clinton loves ants. Yeah, you read that correctly. He loves 'em. In fact, Clinton loves the tiny insects so much that he is the very proud owner of two ant farms. Not just one. Two. On ...

If an ant discovers mold in the fungus farm, they use a unique bacterium as a natural pesticide. However, these clever ants carefully manage its use to prevent the mold from developing a defense ...

For centuries we have believed that humans were unique in our ability to farm and cultivate our own food. However, it turns out that ants grow their own food too. Have you ever seen a trail of ...