Virginia Tech scientists have discovered that common ants could help detect spotted lanternflies — invasive insects that have been sighted across the United States — before they have a chance to ...

The Bible tells us that we can learn a lot from ants, but have you ever considered that we can also learn a lot about ants? The good news is that you’ve come to the right place because we’re about to ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama discovered that carrying oversized loads limits the ability to perceive the trail in leafcutter ants, akin to blind spots ...

In an incredible display of team work going on in nature, these fire ants banded together to survive after their colony was flooded. When a fire ant colony floods, worker ants form a raft by linking ...

A new study of Indian jumping ants shows they have the ability to shrink and expand their brains — a first for any insect. The Incredible Shrinking And Growing Brains Of Indian Jumping Ants New ...

When a humpback whale arrived in the seas off Mexico last year, the scientific world sat up in wonder. And with good reason, because the whale – aptly named Frodo – had just finished an ...

You’ve probably never seen a Dracula ant, as these elusive insects spend their days tunneling through the leaf litter and ...