Ants and humans are also the only creatures ... The researchers repeated the experiment numerous times for each combination, ...

In experiments spanning three years and involving over 1,250 human participants and multiple ant colonies, researchers tested different group sizes tackling scaled versions of the same puzzle.

Ants may also come inside in search of water, particularly when the weather is hot. Some species prefer to build their nests ...

A team of scientists set out to determine how many ants live on Earth at any given time. The answer is astounding, to say the ...

In the third experiment, the researchers tested the specificity of the ants' response. Seven days after contamination with one pathogen, they exposed the ants to another. Cleaning behavior and ...

ADAM:'This is Planet Ant. A giant, man-made ant home, built especially above ground, to allow us to investigate the incredible lives of these tiny creatures. ADAM:'These glass boxes and tubes have ...

Jaws of success: the new robotic gripper based on ant mandibles could use used in environmental clean-up as well as in construction and agriculture (courtesy: iStock) Researchers at the University of ...

To test the effect of velvet ants' colours on predators, scientists carried out experiments with birds where some mealworms were painted red and black to look like the wasp Dasymutilla occidentalis.

Ants are among nature's greatest success stories, with an estimated 22,000 species worldwide. Tropical Australia in particular is a global hotspot for ant diversity. Some researchers believe it ...