Argentine ants have been found on six continents, from South America to Japan. Researchers are studying their impact.

and weaver ants, which live in ball-shaped nests within tropical tree canopies across Asia, Africa, and Australia. Her team looked at how the microbes influenced apple brown rot and apple scab in two ...

Almost half of the world’s ant population lives in tropical rainforests, yet they also can be found in arid sub-Saharan ...

Play was stopped during the third T20I between South Africa and India on November 13 in Centurion due to flying ants. Yes, ...

The silver ant is the Sahara’s true desert survivor. Snow in the Atlas mountains Deep snow covers cedar trees in the Atlas mountains, a rare view of North Africa.

Crossing a track was a thick black ribbon: thousands of safari ants on the march, looking for a new nest site. Jef lay down to get a better look at their massive heads and pincer-like mandibles, ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...