Ant queen and colony found living on King’s Balmoral estate - Conservationists are working to secure the future of the narrow ...

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A dead ant can be detected and removed from the nest within an hour, long before any rotting smell develops. The chemical ...

Professor Adam Hart says the occurrence is caused by colonies in a local area releasing winged males and queens with the ...

Long before the dawn of modern parenting, animals laid eggs and moved on, leaving their progeny to fend for themselves. Now, ...

There are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth —that’s 2.5 million ants for every human. Known ant species (members of the family ...

The ant farm experiment takes an emotional turn as a thriving ant colony faces an unexpected challenge. Follow the latest ...

Ant colonies with a higher degree of genetic diversity thrive better than those that consist of individuals with more similar genetic backgrounds. This is the conclusion of an experimental study in ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. Why some ant colonies get tricked into killing their own queens Biologist E.O.

A team of researchers led by James Waters of Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. conducted a series of experiments designed to measure the components of ant metabolism, such as oxygen and carbon ...

This kitchen scrap not only does not harm your plants, but it also does not harm the ants -- it just encourages them to go ...

Some people say they've already noticed some winged ants appearing this year, a little earlier than expected. Find out more, ...