The craze for collecting ants takes Kenya by surprise as smugglers zone in to make a profit.

During a trip to the zoo with his mother, a biology student came across a strange-looking ant, roaming around between the ...

How a particle accelerator, a robot, high-speed cameras, and 2,000 ants came together to paint a picture of biological ...

Some ants farm. Some farm fungi for their food. And now, scientists have realized that when an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy to perform a lifesaving limb amputation. Not only ...

A special species of ant might hold the secret to effective teamwork. Researchers report that, as weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina) work in bigger and bigger groups to assemble nests, the efficiency ...

Once upon a time, around 2010 or so, there lived a hardworking ant and a carefree grasshopper. The grasshopper was hopping to his heart’s content one sunny morning when the ant trudged by, bearing a ...