The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface ...

Ants are known to kill intruders when they are detected to protect the colony. To avoid attacks, ant crickets use various ...

Ants remember their encounters with individuals from another nest and treat every member of that nest accordingly. Although ...

Ants learn from past encounters, recognizing aggressive rivals and adapting their behavior to respond more appropriately in ...

Ants are social insects and live in large communities. There are sometimes disputes - especially between rival colonies. A study has now shown for the first time that ants learn from bad experiences ...

Further analysis showed ants were more hostile towards ants that smelled of past bad encounters with other nests. When they ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

Ants, with their highly organized social behavior, have long inspired research. In particular, they have often inspired ...

Evolutionary biologists are investigating the extent to which ants learn from past experiences. After being attacked by ants from a particular nest, ants behave more aggressively towards others from ...

That makes ants, in the eyes of Ida Cecilie Jensen, a legion of unlikely warriors — one humans should consider enlisting in the fight to grow food in a warming world. “Ants are a Swiss Army ...