After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...

If you spot a carpenter ant nest in your home, chances are you have a serious problem. Here's what you should do to eliminate ...

Banded Sugar Ant (Camponotus consobrinus) closeup isolated on white background, Banded sugar ants line up in a circle on isolated background, Group banded sugar ants line up in a circle© Kurit ...

A harvester ant typically approaches a cone ant nest and stands upright with her mandibles open (all worker ants are female).

In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting ...

Small cone ants may be climbing onto larger harvester ants in Arizona to give them a spa treatment, a new observation reveals ...

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been found to play a significant role in controlling behavior critical to how ant colonies function, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at ...

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

In many animals, including ants, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) ensures normal brain function by controlling the movement of various substances in and out of the brain. Now, researchers have made the ...