A team of German scientists has discovered the possible mechanism of how a parasitic tapeworm can allow a certain species of ants to live substantially longer when infected. In addition, the ants are ...

Ant colonies survive because individuals are willing to die. New research shows that some of the most vulnerable members, ...

Ants in Florida perform life-saving surgery on their peers, scientists have discovered. They are only the second animal in the world known to do this — along with humans. The researchers found that ...

The unusual life cycles of ants are deeply rooted in their social nature. Ants and other social insects like termites, some ...

Ants and human beings have much in common, including that both species have globally conquered the planet. We are both highly socialized creatures, agriculturists and ruthless in warfare. Both depend ...

While businesses harness more computing power to analyze data and improve decision-making, biologists note that animals with simple brains and limited information make complex decisions in the real ...

In a recent article published in Nature Communications, researchers used Camponotus fellah (carpenter ants) as a model species to perform behavioral tracking and ribonucleic acid-sequencing (RNA-seq) ...

Scientists have discovered that Florida carpenter ants perform life-saving amputations on injured nestmates, a level of medical intervention previously only observed in humans. The ants assess wound ...