Let’s say you’re out hunting with some friends, and all of the sudden you are all gruesomely attacked. One of your buddies loses a leg or an arm. As you’re running for dear life, would you pick up ...

Termite-hunting ants in sub-Saharan Africa treat each other’s wounds by licking them, according to new research. It might sound icky — but the treatment actually saves lives. “The ants don’t know why ...

Move over, ant farms — ant hospitals are where the real action is. Scientists studying the behavior of African Matabele ants in Ivory Coast have found that the insects act like paramedics in a crisis, ...

A tiny invasive ant muscled into a Kenyan savannah and sparked such a dramatic transformation in the landscape that even the local lions changed the way they hunt, according to research published ...

A “no man left behind” approach is common among soldier on a battlefield, but the same is apparently true even for some of the smallest members of the animal kingdom. A new study reveals that a ...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Shining their flashlights into the darkest corners of Singapore, a small group of ant hunters searches for an elusive winged insect. With luck, they will find a queen ant to lay ...

Ants employ a few simple and flexible rules to ensure that moving a colony to a new nest does not end in chaos, especially if this is done over some distance. So says Thomas O'Shea-Wheller of the ...

Direct comparison of alternatives isn't always the best way to make a decision -- at least if you're an ant. House-hunting rock ants collectively manage to choose the best nest-site without needing to ...

Move over, ant farms — ant hospitals are where the real action is. Scientists studying the behavior of African Matabele ants in Ivory Coast have found that the insects act like paramedics in a crisis, ...

House-hunting ants know how to take the hassle out of moving Regulation of tandem running helps to carry over directions to new nests Date: July 19, 2016 Source: Springer Summary: Ants employ a few ...