Researchers in Japan discovered that ants placed in isolation die younger due to an accumulation of reactive oxygen, a ...

Texas is known for its extreme heat and diverse wildlife, but one of the state’s most persistent pests is also one of its ...

Bull ants navigate through dark forests using the moon as a compass and can even predict where it will move when hidden from ...

Australian scientists have discovered that nocturnal bull ants use a “lunar compass” to travel accurately in the dark, ...

A newfound nocturnal navigation system challenges what entomologists thought they knew about how ants find their way ...

“There have been studies in labs that indicate coffee grounds can have some repellent effect on household ants, at least in ...

Court cases in Kenya point to a growing market for ants as exotic pets in Asia and Europe that has implications for conservation and biosecurity ...

Imagine trying to build a house without a blueprint, find a shortcut through an unfamiliar city without a map, or govern a large organisation with no leaders and no meetings. It sounds impossible. Yet ...

Kenyan ant expert Dino Martins gushes over the red and black insects that have become the center of an international ...

Playing a virtual reality game in which the player takes on the role of the zombie fungus Ophiocordyceps increases the players' understanding of how evolution works. Last summer, Utrecht University ...