The best way to get rid of ants is using borax or boric acid bait that they carry back to the colony. Ants love kitchens ...

Conformists Versus Leaders Ants communicate, in part, through chemicals called pheromones, which can help them follow one another to a piece of food.

Watch the Video Click here to watch on YouTube For centuries we have believed that humans were unique in our ability to farm and cultivate our own food. However, it turns out that ants grow their own ...

Virginia may have a new ally in the fight against one of the most invasive insects threatening trees, crops, and other ...

Ants are common household pests. Learn more about the signs of an ant infestation, health risks, what to do if you have them, and more.

The American Museum of Natural History is unveiling an enormous new exhibit of leafcutter ants. Making it happen was no picnic. A leafcutter ant carrying a flower petal inside a new exhibit in the ...

Swarm intelligence directs longhorn crazy ants to clear the road ahead for sisters carrying bulky food by Frontiers edited by Sadie Harley, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

The amount of food that foragers carry perfectly matches the colony’s total hunger. How do ants know this? Individually, they aren’t smart enough. Scientists have puzzled over this question ...

He begins by populating a lush, leafy world with ants carrying food, giving the insects expressive faces while drawing them with scientific accuracy. The grasshopper, wearing a straw boater ...

Ants carrying food to their nests often run into obstacles. To find out how they determine the best way to proceed, researchers first used a mathematical model in which ants on the march confronted a ...

For centuries we have believed that humans were unique in our ability to farm and cultivate our own food. However, it turns out that ants grow their own food too. Have you ever seen a trail of ...