In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting ...

A harvester ant typically approaches a cone ant nest and stands upright with her mandibles open (all worker ants are female).

The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization in the animal kingdom. The common perception is that the queen's only ...

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...

In many animals, including ants, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) ensures normal brain function by controlling the movement of various substances in and out of the brain. Now, researchers have made the ...

The takeover relies on a chemical spray that masks the host queen’s scent as an enemy New study reveals a rare, sophisticated form of social parasitism with no benefit to the queen mother or her ...

Ant foraging behaviour is a paradigmatic example of sophisticated social coordination in the animal kingdom. Central to their success is the use of chemical signals, particularly trail pheromones, ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been found to play a significant role in controlling behavior critical to how ant colonies function, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at ...

A growing body of peer-reviewed research is documenting how rising temperatures and human activity are altering animal behavior across ecosystems, from aggressive ant colonies in alpine grasslands to ...