Ant societies rely on precise recognition systems to maintain cooperation, but new research reveals that these systems are ...

The ant recognition system is flexible, allowing ants to learn and tolerate outsiders while still recognizing their own kind.

Animals are often capable of far more than we give them credit for and a scientific discovery at an abandoned ant hill ...

In this video, I raised a queen trap-jaw ant into an entire ant colony and simulated real-world events to observe the ants' reactions. The unexpected ending sets the stage for another video. #ants #an ...

For ants, the ability to instantly distinguish nestmates from outsiders who might hijack the colony is crucial. Now, a new ...

Like a brain, an ant colony operates without central control. Each is a set of interacting individuals, either neurons or ants, using simple chemical interactions that in the aggregate generate their ...

Everything in the ant hill seems to need the liquid secretions from members of the colony that are in their pupal stage. By Joshua Sokol Orli Snir, a biologist at the Rockefeller University in New ...

Ants are silently destroying your lawn—here’s how to stop them.