Interloper animals that live in ant colonies are known as ant guests. These include some species of crickets, butterflies, and silverfish. Ant guests will exploit the food resources in the ant colony, ...

As hospitals around the world struggle with dangerous drug-resistant infections, scientists are increasingly looking to ...

Has a crucial component to the development of human medicine been hiding under our feet? Auburn University Assistant ...

Climate shapes how ants and parasite interact, fight, and evolve as temperature and humidity drive behavior and genetic change.

When building a bird nest in ant territory, the best defense could be an offensive fungus. Swollen-thorn acacia trees are aggressively defended by multiple species of ants. And yet, several species of ...

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 ...

Research shows that some ants have learned how to treat their wounds, revealing one of the clearest examples of medical ...