It grows quickly and depends on adult worker ants to feed it. These workers decide how much and what kind of food the larva ...

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

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? As silly as it sounds, the question captures a real ...

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

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

Climate shapes how ants and parasite interact, fight, and evolve as temperature and humidity drive behavior and genetic ...

Backyard ants use ancient, targeted antimicrobial strategies that could inspire new ways to fight drug-resistant superbugs in humans.

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

"Humans have relied on antibiotics for less than a century, yet many pathogens have already evolved resistance, giving rise ...

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the colony. This signal prompts worker ants to open the pupae’s cocoons and ...

Antibiotic resistance is a growing threat, and new clues from nature suggest that ordinary ants may hold important keys to ...

Kspeka joins host Robin Young to talk about ants, including the spiny queen, who invades colonies of carpenter ants using a ...