Now, a study published in the journal Nature has found that wild chimpanzees (Pan troglodytes) can remember the location of ...

Megan DuVal at the University of Utah studies ants and their ecological impact, mentoring peers while nurturing her own ...

(Much like termites, which cause far more severe damage.) Some species, such as army ants, defy the norm and do not have permanent homes. (Why invasive ants are a bigger threat than previously ...

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

By day this colony of army ants raided their surrounds, mostly hunting other ant species. At dusk they moved on, travelling up to 400 metres before building a nest for the night. Positioning his ...

Learn more. Who doesn’t want to lead an army of ants one day, eh? Ant Legion is a strategy game where you have to lead an army of ants against giant insects and other challenging conditions in ...

“Ants are a Swiss Army knife,” said Jensen, a biologist who studies the symbiotic relationship between ants and agriculture at Aarhus University in Denmark. “Kind of like a multitool for farmers.” ...