One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new ...

Second, when I replaced the plants, I chose a wide variety of native species. Later, I found out that having a variety of ...

Symbiotic relationships — mutually beneficial close partnerships between species — are among the most fascinating dynamics in ...

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

Biologist Josh Grinath seized a rare chance to study an ecosystem from top to tiny bottom when a black bear blundered through his Rocky Mountain meadow research plot, gobbling up ants and gnawing on ...

Some ant species that can only survive indoors in cooler regions could begin to move outdoors due to climate change, according to a new U of T Scarborough study. The study, published in the journal ...

Newark, N.J., Nov. 22, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Their nomadic lifestyle and ravenous raiding have taken army ants (Dorylinae) to most continents on Earth, but a rare fossil discovery is now offering ...

An invasive species of stinging, carnivorous ants have been slowly spreading in about 20 states. Last year at least three cases of life-threatening anaphylactic reactions were reported in Georgia, ...

What's up with those clouds of flying ants that come out after a desert rain storm? It's called a "mating swarm," and it's ...