Explosions are messy at the best of times, but when the thing exploding is an animal, or part of an animal, it rarely ends ...

In the Arizona desert, scientists have uncovered a bizarre and almost unbelievable partnership between ants: tiny cone ants acting as “cleaners” for much larger harvester ants. Instead of attacking, ...

We’ve all been there. A tiny ant crawling across the kitchen counter. A mini panic, followed by an attempt to remove it unharmed, which often ends with a frustrated squish. You think the problem has ...

Swarms of black ants farming mealybugs and aphids on plants, trees and fruit crops – damaging and killing vegetation as they feed – are increasingly alarming Rarotonga residents. In a two-part series, ...

Ants are supremely social animals. They have an extraordinary ability to organize themselves and an inherent drive to prioritize the needs of their colony over their own. Some ants have taken this to ...

Asian needle ants are an invasive species from East Asia that have been spreading across the southeastern United States. Their venomous sting can cause intense pain and, in some cases, ...

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Caffeine doesn’t just perk up humans—it can sharpen ants’ minds too. Invasive Argentine ants given caffeinated sugar learned to find food much more efficiently, taking straighter paths and reducing ...

Entomologist Mark Moffett photographed cone ants climbing onto and cleaning harvester ants. Mark Moffett, Minden Pictures Twenty years ago, entomologist Mark Moffett was in southeastern Arizona when ...