The rainforests of northern Australia are home to extraordinary ant colonies. Instead of dwelling in underground burrows, these ants inhabit canopies of trees, dozens of meters above the ground, ...

Ant societies rely on precise recognition systems to maintain cooperation, but new research reveals that these systems are ...

Ants have a remarkable defense against disease. Infected pupae change their scent, alerting worker ants. These ants then remove and disinfect the infected pupa, stopping the spread of illness. This ...

Ants are silently destroying your lawn—here’s how to stop them.

Leafcutter ants of the American tropics exemplify animals that exhibit super-organism status, advanced social organization and symbiosis. As you walk through the jungle you become aware of these ...

Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

In colonies of certain social insects, such as ants, individuals are specialized for particular jobs. For instance, different ants can be responsible for foraging, brood care, nest maintenance, waste ...

Like a brain, an ant colony operates without central control. Each is a set of interacting individuals, either neurons or ants, using simple chemical interactions that in the aggregate generate their ...

The craze for collecting ants takes Kenya by surprise as smugglers zone in to make a profit.