Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A red ant on a leaf Ants are, more often than not, relatively harmless bugs to have in your yard, but if their nest is tearing up ...

Some insects, including honeybees and ants, live in highly organized colonies where individuals take on specific roles. In ...

Low-dose ant baits changed where Argentine ants gathered before causing substantial worker deaths. Thiamethoxam increased the number outside the nest, while boric acid reduced outside activity and ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Finding a carpenter ant nest in your home is alarming, and for good reason. Unlike other types of ants, these ants excavate wood to build ...

Newswise — Ants make a series of clever architectural adjustments to their nests to prevent the spread of disease, University of Bristol research has uncovered. The study, published today (Thursday, ...

Invasive tawny crazy ants have been wreaking havoc across the U.S. Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, disrupting ecosystems and causing headaches for homeowners. Now scientists at The University of ...

In an ant nest, adults are carrying larvae. They placed them on top of the pupae. The larvae then attached their mouths to ...

Ants perform great services in your garden, like keeping soil loose, aerated and fertilized, helping with decomposition of yard waste, and even dispersing seeds. Like many beneficial insects, they ...

Some ants have figured out how to keep from getting lost: Build taller anthills. Desert ants that live in the hot, flat salt pans of Tunisia spend their days looking for food. Successful grocery runs ...

If an infection takes hold in an ants’ nest, it could spell disaster for the whole colony. But some worker ants appear to have a workaround for that. When exposed to a pathogen, black garden ants ...

Eciton army ants are so named because of their military-like foraging tactics in which vast numbers simultaneously swarm over an area the size of a football pitch, ruthlessly devouring their prey, ...

Ants make a series of clever architectural adjustments to their nests to prevent the spread of disease, University of Bristol research has uncovered. Study lead author Luke Leckie, a Ph.D. researcher ...