A recent study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that, despite their outsized ecological impact ...

Yellow crazy ants are rewriting the ecological rules of Christmas Island, an Australian territory in the Indian Ocean, by ...

The Army port wiped out its ant infestation more than a year after greater Naha had eradicated its infestation. As of May 17, ...

It's an effective trick if you can get away with it.

Research shows that some ant species have learned how to treat their wounds, revealing one of the clearest examples of medical behavior outside humans. Medicine has been considered a uniquely human ...

Rove beetles cloak themselves in ant pheromones to sneak into the insects’ nests for protection. But in an odd catch-22, that makes them forever reliant on their hosts ...

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...

Native ants in the forests around the recent Eaton fire had survived the heat, flames and smoke, an evolutionary survival ...

And then there’s Sceptobius lativentris. Parker’s research revealed that the adult beetles turn off their ability to produce CHCs altogether. This likely allows Sceptobius to go stealth long enough to ...

Certain ant species are famous for their ability to explode, a suicidal defense mechanism. Read here to learn how and when ...