The existence of ant colonies was a mystery even to the famous naturalist Charles Darwin. How could evolution produce workers ...

Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a ...

In eusocial superorganisms like leafcutter ant colonies, labor is divvied up according to body shape and size, but University ...

Flying ants are known to make an appearance when the weather gets warmer. Flying ants are the reproductive members of an ant ...

Some ants are bred exclusively to reproduce in the spring. Reproduction honey ants are distinguishable from the others because they have functional wings. However, all forms of honey ants have: ...

The next time you’re outside, look down. Odds are, you might spot one of Earth’s estimated 20 quadrillion ants scurrying around. Depending on where you are, you may detect an Argentine ant.

Also known as winged ants, or alates, “are reproductive ants that are created by ant colonies in order to move between colonies and start new colonies,” according to F&W Pest Control, based in ...

Worker ants increase their reproductive success by caring for their siblings instead of producing their own offspring. An international research team has now uncovered the genetic basis of ant ...