Since driver ants are nomadic, often relocating their colonies, she checks every nest daily in case the colony starts to move. “We do a lot of walking around the block,” she says with a laugh.

African driver ant. You'll find this species of ant in parts of Africa and Asia. They nest underground and swarm in large groups on the ground and in low vegetation. Two-node ants.

These are driver ants (the Dorylus species from Africa) and army ants (the Eciton species from South America). These particular species are both blind and follow scent trails to forage.

And the parasite was in the driver's seat. "Parasitized ants were highly mobile after they left the nest and ultimately entered the thatch layer at the soil surface," the scientists reported.

Leafcutter ants in South America can reach a population of 8 million — and driver ant colonies in Africa can exceed 20 million, he says. These organized ant societies do complex work, which ...

Ants are fascinating and remarkably intelligent insects who live in complex social groups called colonies. 1,2 When I first learned about ant expert Armin Schieb's beautifully illustrated and easy ...

The only good army ant---. These magnificent warriors are only ants after all, and only formidable in the gigantic numbers of a Dorylus army in Africa. The flying males, “sausage flies,” that are ...

To say that ants outnumber people on Earth would be a gross understatement. According to a new study, there are estimated to be 2.5 million times more ants on this planet than people. In total ...