Usually captive ant colonies don't have nuptial flights indoors, but this fire ant colony unexpectedly did, and the escaped fire ant queens and males were everywhere. What was worse was that a ...

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

No creature embodies the idea that “it takes a village” quite like ants. Using chemical signals and other ephemeral communication methods like antennal codes, ants can work together to build or ...

Ants are among the most recognizable, admired, dreaded and mythologized insects on earth. They are famed for their industry, work ethic, organization, militaristic skills and loyalty. Ants are also ...

Invasive fire ants, first arriving in the U.S. in 1918, have spread throughout the Southeast, causing problems for residents and farmers. Adding to the problem, red and black fire ants are ...