The first time Marcela Cosarinsky saw a nest of Atta vollenweideri leaf-cutter ants, it was the late 1990s and she was in an ...

“Ants will travel fairly far distances away from their nests when it comes to foraging for food. Whether you have an ant hill ...

Set out baits labeled for carpenter ants. Baits can be effective because ants share food with each other, says Benson. Place ...

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

A harvester ant typically approaches a cone ant nest and stands upright with her mandibles open (all worker ants are female).

Some ants have figured out how to keep from getting lost: Build taller anthills. Desert ants that live in the hot, flat salt pans of Tunisia spend their days looking for food. Successful grocery runs ...

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world responded with public health measures, including nationwide lockdowns, social distancing measures, and travel restrictions. The idea was that ...

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 ...

At first glance, the world of ants may seem far removed from our everyday lives. Yet, on closer inspection, they often face ...

Ants can really ruin a picnic. But put a blanket down on this species and it’s really going to be a problem. Fire ants. This year marks the 30th anniversary of their discovery in Virginia, and the ...