The findings, which highlight a fundamental biological tradeoff, suggest that social complexity can arise when individuals ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

Argentine ants compete with bumble bees for prized nectar sources. But the bees are fighting back. Find out how.

Tiny pharaoh ants slip through cracks, spread through walls and pipes, and can infest entire buildings—including hospitals ...

The rapid diversification of ants has “led to their role as ecological engineers” that can work in habitats across the world, ...

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

KARACHI: A teenage body was killed when a stray bullet hit him in Pak Colony, police said on Tuesday. Area SHO Zafar Ali Shah said that Abdullah, 15, and his brother were riding a motorbike on ...

The giant Amazonian ant, Dinoponera gigantea, is considered the largest living ant species, reaching lengths of 3 to 4 cm for the females. Native to the unflooded parts of the Amazon rainforest in ...

Scientists have discovered that ants possess a chemical early warning system, allowing infected pupae to alert their colony to the risk of deadly disease and trigger a targeted response to prevent ...

In a remarkable display of self-sacrifice, baby ants infected with a deadly fungus deliberately signal worker ants to kill them. This extreme measure prevents the spread of disease, protecting the ...