Florida carpenter ants perform amputations on their injured nestmates, preventing infection. They can tell the best treatment ...

Anteaters earned their name for a pretty obvious reason: their ant diet. Long specialized tongues enable them to grab ...

You’ve probably never seen a Dracula ant, as these elusive insects spend their days tunneling through the leaf litter and ...

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Researchers have discovered the secret to the powerful cutting ability of ants: they have teeth on the outside of their mouths, and these so-called mandibular teeth are made of a material that can ...

The world is crawling with insects, but despite all the different varieties humankind has found and studied over the years, researchers continue to discover and describe new species as time goes on.

Small cone ants may be climbing onto larger harvester ants in Arizona to give them a spa treatment, a new observation reveals ...

The exotic pet market is a lucrative business. If a smuggler is successful, they could make hundreds, if not thousands, off ...