Despite their tiny size, ants are able to accomplish absolutely incredible feats. They can build amazingly intricate nests, ...

For centuries we have believed that humans were unique in our ability to farm and cultivate our own food. However, it turns ...

Ants communicate and cooperate by secreting pheromones, or scent chemicals, that can alert others to danger or lead them to a promising food source. They typically eat nectar, seeds, fungus ...

The pressure of feeding so many mouths has made ants the masters of finding food. Many species ferociously hunt their prey, dismember them and return their bounty to the colony, but some also have ...

Muller for GristThe ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of a tree, perpetually hunting for food. While doing so, ...