Ant hills: They are the thorn in the side of anyone and everyone who maintains a lawn or garden. Reasons for hating them may differ — for some, it's the threat to their children's play, for others, it ...

Close-up of an ant nest in yard - barossa121/Shutterstock It is normal to come across an ant hill (nest) in your yard from time to time. Ants build the nests from beneath the ground and deposit the ...

Ants are hardworking little critters. They can carry 50 times their weight, and there are over 12,000 different species of ants in the world. Sometimes it can feel like 10,000 of them are living in ...

Large ant hills in your yard can be an eyesore. Plus they can make it tricky to mow your lawn or tend your garden—especially if those hills harbor stinging fire ants. If you’re ready to reclaim your ...

If you live in a rural or suburban area in the Southern states, you’ve likely seen a fire ant hill a few times in your life. Stepping on a fire ant hill, sometimes referred to as a mound, can mean ...

Step outside on a sunny morning and chances are you will spot them: little domes of displaced earth dotting your lawn like small landmines. They seem harmless at first -- until they multiply. If you ...

Everything in the ant hill seems to need the liquid secretions from members of the colony that are in their pupal stage. By Joshua Sokol Orli Snir, a biologist at the Rockefeller University in New ...

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 ...