The first and biggest source of attraction for ants is any food source, predominantly scraps that are easily accessible.

“Unlike termites, carpenter ants do not eat wood,” writes Ashley Kulhanek and Curtis Young in an OSU post on ants and dead trees. “They excavate nest tunnels from soft rotting wood with their large ...

Virginia Tech research has found man's best friend, dogs, and a picnic's worst nightmare, ants, can help track invasive ...

New research from Rockefeller University reveals how both genes and body size influence whether an ant becomes a queen or a worker.

W hile both fire ants and red ants are red in color, they are not interchangeable. One major difference between them is the ...

Social-media users were alarmed by the unusual scene captured in the viral post, with one saying, "I'm shocked." ...

Crush them. Just crush individual insects. Go after them, kill them," a spotted lanternfly specialist said. "Take out all of ...

At the University of Akron Field Station, Dr Chelsea Miller, an assistant biology professor, joined students to hunt for ants ...

For many ant species, caste determines destiny. Queens grow large, sprout wings, and lay eggs; workers stay small, wingless, ...

Sugar is universally appealing, not just to humans but also to insects like ants. Have you ever wondered why your ant population seems to have such an insatiable craving for sweet substances? Here ...

They can attack crops, domestic animals and honeybee hives, and take over the nesting sites of other ant species, including fire ants. What do tawny crazy ants look like?

Be a Neighbourhood Naturalist, co-authored by Labonie Roy, Vena Kapoor, and Suhel Quader, provides children with tools to ...