Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Photo Credit: iStock Entomologist George McGavin went looking for one of the rainforest's most elusive rulers, and the footage of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ants are a common household problem in Australia usually found in the kitchen. But, one woman has had the shock of her life, ...

Ant colonies survive because individuals are willing to die. New research shows that some of the most vulnerable members, immobile pupae sealed in their cocoons, can sense when they are fatally ...

Imagine trying to build a house without a blueprint, find a shortcut through an unfamiliar city without a map, or govern a large organization with no leaders and no meetings. It sounds impossible. Yet ...

Beneath the soil, an empire thrives in total darkness. Millions of ants move through complex underground tunnel systems, communicating through invisible chemical signals. They farm fungus, wage wars, ...

Source: Princeton University Press/with permission. Ants are fascinating and remarkably intelligent insects who live in complex social groups called colonies. 1,2 When I first learned about ant expert ...