When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...

Species with thinner protective barriers may need fewer resources and tend to have a greater ability to adapt to new habitats ...

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in individual armor and produce far more ants. Larger colonies then ...

The research focused on Lasius neglectus, a species of garden ant. Unlike adult workers, which can leave the nest to die when ...

Ants produce diverse, targeted antimicrobial compounds that inhibit drug-resistant pathogens, offering insights for new ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, University of ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

Ants are on the march with a taste for everything from livestock to electronics. June 9, 2013 — -- There's a new player on the continent and it is spreading damage from Texas to Florida in a ...