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

By repurposing ancient feeding signals, clonal raider ants coordinate brood care and foraging, offering new insights into the ...

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

Some people change careers, and it seems that the Harpegnathos saltator ant can do the same; worker ants can switch to queen-like figures that are known as gamergates. Worker ants are not able to ...

Knowing the rules behind ant-made structures could help scientists understand how other complex systems emerge in nature ...

In many animals, including ants, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) ensures normal brain function by controlling the movement of various substances in and out of the brain. Researchers reporting in the ...

Discover the latest update from my fascinating ant farm as the colony continues expanding with an incredible network of ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been found to play a significant role in controlling behavior critical to how ant colonies function, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at ...

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

Ants are social insects and the Solenopsis invicta species—known as the fire ant—is no exception. The social interactions of this invasive insect, which comes from South America, are framed within the ...

In many animals, including ants, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) ensures normal brain function by controlling the movement of various substances in and out of the brain. Now, researchers have made the ...