Some ants might actually not be ants at all, and instead be other animals pretending to be them. Pictures from a new paper in the journal Biology Letters show ants, other insects and spiders that all ...

Quick Take Scientists used a powerful synchrotron X-ray system, robotics, and AI to scan 2,000 ant specimens in just one week ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Myrmecophily is pronounced mur-muh-KOF-uh-lee and literally means ant love. With a pretty literal meaning, it refers to the ...

Ant societies rely on precise recognition systems to maintain cooperation, but new research reveals that these systems are ...

The first report of a genetically modified ant has provided insight into how complex societies arose in insects. Ant colonies are models of cooperation, and it appears to be utterly dependent on the ...

How a particle accelerator, a robot, high-speed cameras, and 2,000 ants came together to paint a picture of biological ...

The flightless moth of Haleakala is one of the more dramatic examples of evolution in Hawaiian insects. Known to science as Thyrocopa apatela, this moth lives only on the barren slopes of Maui’s ...

The craze for collecting ants takes Kenya by surprise as smugglers zone in to make a profit.

If ant baits don't get rid of ants, they could be more interested in food around the house. Check this list of six things ...

These photos of red ants, also knows as fire ants, make the little insects look like they are performing a circus act. They balance giant seed pods from a Mimosa tree above their heads and hold onto ...

The viral Facebook post combines two common names for this insect. Old images purportedly showing a "velvet cowkiller" ant received renewed attention in April 2018: These images, as well as a near ...