A recent study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that, despite their outsized ecological impact ...

There are some pretty strange ways that animals clean themselves. While cats groom themselves with their tongues, other ...

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 ...

Invasive tawny crazy ants have been wreaking havoc across the U.S. Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, disrupting ecosystems and causing headaches for homeowners. Now scientists at The University of ...

Ant colonies are well-defended fortresses. The social insects quickly sniff out most intruders and kill them to protect their ...

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...

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 reporting in ...

Despite having identical genes, carpenter worker ants vary wildly in their behaviors and appearances. Major workers fight off predators and are bulkier than minor workers that gather food and tend to ...

The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization in the animal kingdom. The common perception is that the queen's only ...

A few months ago, I awoke to find a streak spanning the length of my kitchen wall that looked like it had been drawn there ...