After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...

As a species, we humans are pretty good at lounging around and being lazy when we want to be. Turns out we’re not alone, as worker ants also enjoy a bit of downtime. The rest of this article is behind ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Weaver ants work as a team to build bridges and create nests in trees. Nature has once again proven to be an efficient designer, ...

Weaver ants have cracked a teamwork challenge humans have struggled with for centuries. New research shows that individual weaver ants get stronger as their group grows, a sharp contrast to human ...

At first glance, any burrows look just like tiny dirt mounds on the ground. But just beneath these inconspicuous little mounds are complex mazes comprised of narrow passageways that the ants use to ...

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

Animal communication is a key innovation that allows a species to find resources, perceive danger and respond to it as a group. When these interactions scale up into complexity they start to define ...

In 2006, biologist Mark Moffett noticed an unusual behavior. The usually aggressive harvester ants would park themselves near ...

Scientists discover desert ants forming a rare cleaning partnership, challenging what we know about insect behavior and ...

Biochar may improve soil, but too much can harm ants, disrupting their behavior, teamwork, and the health of the ecosystem.

Scientists have documented never-before-seen views of leafcutter ants at work processing leaves and growing their food supply in their nests. Deploying multiple videos in a University of Oregon lab, ...