When an animal parent has a child, both will belong to the same species. Humans beget humans, combfish beget combfish, and ...

A team uncovered this bizarre reproductive trait while trying to solve the mystery of a missing ant species. Preliminary data ...

Worker ants perform important tasks like gathering food, taking care of eggs and larvae and nest building. However, some ...

Paleontologists owe a special debt to harvester ants. While crazy ants and the more familiar red fire ants get most of the attention for their impacts on local ecology, those invasive insects have ...

A queen ant in southern Europe has become the first known animal to consistently produce offspring that are members of a different species.

Well, the season of planting and landscaping is upon us. All about town, residents can be seen working diligently in their yards to improve the landscape. Unbeknownst to most people, there is a small ...

Harvester ants that eat weed seeds on the soil's surface can help farmers manage weeds on their farms, according to an international team of researchers, who found that tilling less to preserve the ...

Harvester ants that eat weed seeds on the soil's surface can help farmers manage weeds on their farms, according to an international team of researchers, who found that tilling less to preserve the ...