An international team of researchers has built the largest three-dimensional database of ant anatomy ever assembled, scanning ...

To ants, survival of the fittest is a sham. A new study has found that instead of competing for resources, working together has evolutionary advantages. A team of scientists led by Daniel Kronauer, an ...

According to a new study out of Rockefeller University, the way that ant colonies make group decisions closely mimics the way neurons behave in the human brain. In other words, they follow a colony ...

Scientists have uncovered a shocking tactic used by parasitic ant queens. These invaders infiltrate existing nests and ...

Ant colony nests are known for their impenetrability. These highly organized insect societies will soon detect an intruder’s ...

Some people change careers, and it seems that the Harpegnathos saltator ant can do the same; worker ants can switch to queen-like figures that are known as gamergates. Worker ants are not able to ...