Ants are among the most physically fragile insects on the planet, yet they dominate almost every land habitat and outweigh ...

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 ...

(Nanowerk News) Individual ants are relatively simple creatures and yet a colony of ants can perform really complex tasks, such as intricate construction, foraging and defense. Recently, Harvard ...

Scientists found that a fungus called Escovopsis living in ant nests has a long and surprising history. New research shows a ...

Weaver ants link their bodies together to form chains while bending leaves to create their elaborate dwellings. Rose Thumboor via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 In the late 19th century, the ...

The rapid diversification of ants has “led to their role as ecological engineers” that can work in habitats across the world, ...

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

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

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 ...