A study conducted by researchers from São Paulo State University (UNESP), in Brazil, and collaborators shows that lemon leafcutter ants (Atta sexdens) exhibit behaviors that go beyond so-called social ...

A dead ant can be detected and removed from the nest within an hour, long before any rotting smell develops. The chemical ...

The small industrious wood ant can do more than just build high nests in spruce forests. A newly published article in the journal Microbial Ecology reveals that ants combat a range of plant diseases, ...

The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of a tree, perpetually hunting for food. While doing so, each unknowingly ...

The small industrious wood ant can do more than just build high nests in spruce forests. A newly published scientific article in the journal Microbial Ecology reveals that ants combat a range of plant ...

One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new study shows how they do it. Some ant architects design a colony to cut the risk ...

Invasive tawny crazy ants have been wreaking havoc across the U.S. Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, disrupting ecosystems and causing headaches for homeowners. Now scientists at The University of ...

"And it looks like ants have been doing this for millions of years." While not the primary focus of the paper, the team found that nearly all of the ant species tested killed an emerging human ...

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