(Much like termites, which cause far more severe damage ... or even small mammals. Ant colonies are so tightly knit and efficient, they can pass useful knowledge between generations, which ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have ...

Narrator: At first glance, a fire ant hill — or mound, as it's properly called — looks impossibly small. And yet, a colony of up to 250,000 ants call it home. But here's the secret ...

Depending on their colony size and species ... One thing that differentiates flying termites from flying ants is their two ...

The most highly social animals form tightly knit colonies and include all ants and termites, some bees and wasps, and a few other organisms. Many social behaviors of animals are adaptive ...

Unlike bees and ants, however, termites pair up for life. “The king and queen form what’s called a nuptial pair,” Sutherland said. “And that nuptial pair starts a colony, usually in a ...

Termites can be considered to be highly ... larger groups in many species gain advantages against competitors, such as in colonies of the ant Azteca trigona (Adams 1994). There can be costs ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have developed to ...