A recent study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that, despite their outsized ecological impact ...

There are some pretty crazy ways that animals and insects defend themselves. And some insects prioritize the health of the ...

Rove beetles have evolved a neat trick to survive. They cloak themselves in ant pheromones, allowing them to enter and remain ...

And then there’s Sceptobius lativentris. Parker’s research revealed that the adult beetles turn off their ability to produce ...

Ants send messages to colony members through odor compounds that contain alkenes, chemicals that help nestmates recognize one ...

Native ants in the forests around the recent Eaton fire had survived the heat, flames and smoke, an evolutionary survival ...

If the name “Asian needle ant” sounds slightly ominous, it should. The Brachyponera chinensis, or Asian needle ant, is only 3/16 of an inch long, but its bite can cause anaphylactic shock, which can ...

In their natural habitat outdoors, termites and carpenter ants are beneficial, recycling woody debris and returning nutrients ...

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...

A single queen in the tropics; large colonies in deserts; workers with uniform morphology in temperate regions; ant social ...

We've found seven useful tips for keeping ants away from your hummingbird feeders, so you don't need to deal with these pests ...

There's a black market for seemingly everything, including for the illegal sale of ants. Yes, ants. And business is booming. Kate Knibbs is a senior writer at Wired, where she recently wrote about the ...