Did you know that scientists have made an exciting discovery about an ant species native to southern Europe? They recently discovered that Iberian harvester ant queens are able to produce offspring of ...

Researchers recreated a nearly forgotten yogurt recipe that once was common across the Balkans and Turkey—using ants. Reporting in iScience on October 3, the team shows that bacteria, acids, and ...

Researchers at the National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST) and the University of the Ryukyus have ...

A fossilized Caribbean dirt ant, Basiceros enana, preserved in Dominican amber, reveals the species ancient range and overturns assumptions about its size evolution. Advanced imaging shows it already ...

Cunning caterpillars have mastered the art of timing, using it to quietly blend into ant colonies and live like queens.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dinoponera gigantea, the largest species of ant, is much larger on display at the Bruce Museum, where former museum staffer Dan ...

New research reveals a disturbing aspect of ant colonies: worker ants can be manipulated to kill their own queen. Parasitic ...

Caffeine doesn’t just perk up humans—it can sharpen ants’ minds too. Invasive Argentine ants given caffeinated sugar learned ...

I used to work in Edinburgh's Butterfly and Insect World. While I was there, my favourite animal was not the chameleon, which changed colour when it was angry. This article was published in Scientific ...

If you’ve heard the hammering of a woodpecker in the woods, you might have wondered how the birds can be so forceful. What does it take to whack your head against a tree repeatedly, hard enough to ...

You probably haven’t leaned down to get a good sniff of an ant — that’d be weird. But those who can smell ants don’t need to get so close. Discover why only some people can smell ants, learn what they ...