Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

A sneaky, stealthy parasite queen can turn an ant colony against itself. Newly-mated queens of two parasitic ant species have been found to sneak into an ant colony, creep towards the resident ant ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, we had to completely reorganize ...

A new exhibition at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn., gives visitors a whiff, from “chocolate-y” to stinky blue cheese. An acrobat ant tending a herd of sunflower aphids for honeydew.

Ice cream, mascarpone and milk-washed cocktails may sound like simple pleasures — but the ones served at a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Denmark contained a little extra something: ants.

Following a traditional Bulgarian method of yogurt-making, researchers added four live forest ants into a warm jar of milk. Researchers recreated a nearly forgotten yogurt recipe that was once was ...

Weaver ants’ feet have an incredibly strong grip—individual members of one species can, without slipping, hold an entire dead bird hanging off the edge of a table. And the mighty insects rarely work ...

So many of the world’s six-legged species are in trouble. Beetles are disappearing, butterfly populations are shrinking, and bumblebees are vanishing—all symptoms of a broader problem that has been ...

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species. These queen Iberian harvester ants (Messor ibericus) are ...

There's a black market for seemingly everything, including for the illegal sale of ants. Yes, ants. And business is booming. Kate Knibbs is a senior writer at Wired, where she recently wrote about the ...

Researchers have made an unusual observation that seems to be at odds with biology: an ant, known as the Iberian harvester ant can produce offspring of two completely different species. Many ants need ...

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species. These queen Iberian harvester ants (Messor ibericus) are ...