Queen ants in southern Europe produce male clones of an entirely different species — tearing up the playbook of reproductive biology and suggesting we need to rethink our understanding of species ...

Scientists found that a fungus called Escovopsis living in ant nests has a long and surprising history. New research shows a ...

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 ...

After missing the fairway at the par-5 fifth on Sunday, Bubba Watson called in a rules official in an attempt to take relief from an ant hill, leading to this epic exchange about the nature of ants as ...

This kind of bites: Climate change is making fire ants an increasingly hot topic in Florida these days. But our efforts to tame them may only be scratching the surface. Red imported fire ants rank ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. KUOW is Seattle’s NPR news station. We are an independent, nonprofit news ...

Illness usually brings trouble in the animal world. A weak member may be pushed aside, attacked, or left behind.

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the ...

“If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into ...