If too many ants return empty-handed and the trails are faint, the colony slows down, sending fewer ants out to forage. Without any boss or schedule, the nest naturally balances traffic, responding to ...

Fire and water do not normally mix. But when it comes to these imported fire ants, water is not a problem. In this extraordinary YouTube clip, we get to see. A colony of fire ants is dealing very ...

Pesky wasp nests can cause significant damage to your home, so it’s important to take immediate action if you spot one in or on your house. There are a number of ways to deal with wasp nests, from ...

How do individual insects no bigger than a grain of rice manage to work together to build living towers that hold their structure? It turns out that fire ants may just be following a small set of ...

Studying army ants for a living comes with certain occupational hazards. "They're very aggressive," says Isabella Muratore at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. "They have venom, so they will ...

Ants are many things. They’re hard workers and intensely social. They’re quite strong for their size. And now they may also be a source of architectural inspiration too — for designing spaces that ...