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

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 ...

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 ...

Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

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 ...

Australia is baking through another extreme heat wave, with temperatures forecast to reach above 45°C for multiple days in a ...