Ants might not be your favorite garden guests — especially when you spot a towering anthill popping up in your lawn or nestled between your plants. The usual reaction is to reach for the hose, the ...

Two Belgian teenagers who were found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been given the choice of serving 12 months in prison or paying a fine of $7,700 (£5,767) for trying to smuggle live queen ants ...

NAIROBI, April 15 (Reuters) - Four smugglers caught trying to transport thousands of live ants out of Kenya for sale on exotic pet markets in Europe and Asia will be sentenced for trafficking ...

Ants are among nature's greatest success stories, with an estimated 22,000 species worldwide. Tropical Australia in particular is a global hotspot for ant diversity. Some researchers believe it ...

Tanya Latty co-founded and volunteers for conservation organisation Invertebrates Australia, is former president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour and is on the ...

It is so easy to overlook these tiny creatures in your day-to-day life but if you have curious kiddos who are always observing and asking questions, they likely already tackle questions about ants – ...

Some ants are impressive farmers. You might have seen leaf-cutter ants carrying plant bits back to their colony — not for eating, but for farming. Ants use these plants to cultivate fungi ...

Found around the world in gardens and parks, ants are unnecessary pests in just about everyone’s life. While we may notice these creatures crawling around on our kitchen counters, have you ever ...