Species with thinner protective barriers may need fewer resources and tend to have a greater ability to adapt to new habitats ...

Authors of a new study are calling for stronger protection of insects in wildlife law, after the conviction of four men in ...

Ants living in the soil of your plants are a problem that most people have experienced; however, these creatures do more than ...

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

The research focused on Lasius neglectus, a species of garden ant. Unlike adult workers, which can leave the nest to die when ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

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

Tiny pharaoh ants slip through cracks, spread through walls and pipes, and can infest entire buildings—including hospitals ...

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

If you find that ants keep showing up and don't know why, check this area. If you're not cleaning it often, it may be ...

Here’s a fun (and creepy) fact: The Earth is home to approximately 20 quadrillion ants. To put zeroes on it, that’s around 20,000,000,000,000,000 of the six-legged insects living all around us. How ...