Fire ants can be a formidable foe. They come with a one-two punch of both biting and stinging. But the pain comes primarily from their venomous sting. When a mound is disturbed, sterile female worker ...

When bumble bees fight invasive Argentine ants for food, bees may win an individual skirmish but end up with less to feed the ...

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Weaver ants’ feet have an incredibly strong grip—individual members of one species can, without slipping, hold an entire dead bird hanging off the edge of a table. And the mighty insects rarely work ...

ANTS are known for their remarkably sophisticated colonies, coordinating their behaviours to transform a pile of dirt into a complex structure in as little as a week – but there are other ...

A 91-year-old Swedish man hunting in a forest north of Sweden recently made an unexpected discovery when he found an enormous ant colony. The anthill is over 9-feet tall and is believed to be the ...

The exhibit includes a smell-based interactive, highlighting the range of odors ants use to mark trails, raise alarms and ...

Ants and other creepy crawlers are a staple of summer, and you'll inevitably see them marching up and down the hot pavement. You might even find one or two in your kitchen this season. But let's be ...