Tiny pharaoh ants invade buildings and hospitals, moving along walls and pipes, defying all conventional control methods.

Analysis of 309 strains suggests that the genus Escovopsis originated about 56.9 million years ago, but did not begin ...

Two new studies show how climate influences behavior, communication, and genome evolution—driving adaptation in a ...

Residents were on Thursday evening urged to immediately report any encounter with invasive red imported fire ants to the ...

The Dinoponera gigantea (4 cm) is the largest living ant species, found in the Amazon. The all-time largest was the extinct ...

At its core, life is about passing on genetic information, but the ways it happens from one species to another vary greatly.

Australians are being urged to collect free fire ant treatment kits from select Bunnings stores this weekend to help the ...

A free information session about invasive fire ants will be held next week in the wake of their discovery in Bermuda. The ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

Paris (AFP) – Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of ...

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...