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

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

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

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

The emergent complexity of ant societies is one of the most fascinating phenomena in the natural world: how do these tiny creatures form such intricate social networks? These networks are so nuanced ...

The scientist E.O. Wilson once wrote that ants are the most warlike of all animals. He said clashes between ant colonies could make great military clashes seem almost small by comparison. Sometimes, ...

Like a brain, an ant colony operates without central control. Each is a set of interacting individuals, either neurons or ants, using simple chemical interactions that in the aggregate generate their ...

One of the world’s most invasive insects has been discovered in Bermuda for the second time in two months. A spokesman said ...

Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

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