As individuals, driver ants are small and relatively insignificant creatures. But as a colony, they transform into a huge and ...

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

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...

The ants that invaded our house were different from any ants I had ever seen — they were so tiny that they could get into ...

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

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After major ant seizures worldwide, conservationists urge CITES protections to curb the largely unregulated global trade in ...

A fascinating new proof-of-concept study from a team of researchers in France suggests trained ants could be effective at detecting cancer in humans. The researchers demonstrated a certain species of ...

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Researchers have observed sick adult ants leaving their colony to avoid sickening others. Now, they've discovered that ...