A new study finds that ants are not adjusting their behavior in response to warming temperatures, persisting in sub-optimal microhabitats even when optimal ones were present. The finding suggests ants ...

The behavior prevents fungal pathogens from spreading through the colony Researchers call it "altruistic disease signaling" that protects the ant superorganism In a rare example of biological altruism ...

Researchers have observed sick adult ants leaving their colony to avoid sickening others. Now, they've discovered that ...

(CN) — For creatures as tiny and generally defenseless as ants, communication between members of a colony is essential for survival. It has long been known that ants use pheromones to communicate, but ...

While smell plays a considerable role in the social interactions of humans - for instance, signaling fear or generating closeness - for ants, it is vitally important. Researchers from New York ...

The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke. It captures a ...

An ant species can amputate each other's legs and can also determine whether it is needed depending on the location of the wound, a new study finds. Ants are territorial and can get into rough ...

Why would an ant walk in an endless circle until it dies of starvation and exhaustion? Known as an ant death spiral, or circular milling, this deadly phenomenon can cause hundreds of ants to follow ...

Researchers at North Carolina State University found in a recent study that ants did not adjust their behavior in response to warming temperatures and persisted in sub-optimal microhabitats even when ...