New York City pavement ants have a penchant for cookies and corn syrup. Drop a cookie or ice cream cone on the sidewalk, wait a few minutes, and you’ll probably meet a few pavement ants–the unofficial ...

It's not just people who love the food in New York City. So do certain ants. The most common species of ant found on the pavements of New York City and in cities around the world has a taste for human ...

NEW YORK >> It’s not just people who love the food in New York City. So do certain ants. The most common species of ant found on the pavements of New York City and in cities around the world has a ...

A living relict of an ancient species of farmer ants has startled biologists by cultivating a fancy, modern food crop that didn’t arise until more than 30 million years after the ants themselves. The ...

This photo provided by YourWildlife.org, shows ants devouring a piece of junk food in Durham, N.C. A study by researchers from North Carolina State University says the most common species of ant on ...

If you find that ants keep showing up and don't know why, check this area. If you're not cleaning it often, it may be ...

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However, there’s also a flip side. Eight of the 12 myrmecophagous origins are represented by just a single species, meaning most of these lineages could be vulnerable if their insect food sources ...

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