Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ant carrying a Maculinea butterfly caterpillar. (CREDIT: Vibrant Lab, Torino) If you were small enough to fit inside an ant nest, ...

Ants coordinate highly complex foraging and traffic systems without any leaders, relying entirely on local interactions and chemical cues. Pheromone trails encode information about distance, food ...

The creepy crawlies use complex rhythmic beats to allow them to "speak the language" of the eight-legged insects and gain their trust, say scientists. An international research team found that ...

Ants can be found in nearly every location on Earth, with rough estimates suggesting there are over ten quadrillion individuals — that is one followed by 16 zeroes, or about 1 million ants per person.

Summary: New research reveals that the ability of ants to distinguish nestmates from outsiders is a highly flexible, learned ...

If you were small enough to fit inside an ant nest, you would hear it as much as you would see it. The walls shiver with tiny footsteps. The ground carries constant vibration. In that crowded, dark ...

Phengaris teleius caterpillar being care for by its host ant, Myrmica scabrinodis. (Daniel Sanchez via SWNS) By Stephen Beech Caterpillars "drum" to communicate with ants, reveals new research. The ...