Ant farms were first invented as a way for researchers and scientists to study how ants behave and interact with each other, but it wasn’t long before they became popular educational toys. They’re ...

Observing insect colonies in their natural state has always been a scientific interest for humans, whether it’s bees, butterflies or ants. A toy formicarium released in the 1950s helped bring ant ...

The nectaries offer sugars, amino acids, lipids, and other nutrients to the ants. Once a scouting ant finds that nectar, she lays a scent trail back to her nest and recruits other ants to come to the ...

In warm regions of the Americas, leafcutter ants farm the fungus that they eat, gathering bits of greenery to feed it. An entire ocean away, one species of ant in Africa uses a very similar fungus ...

Jacob Lemanski gazes with pride at an enormous ant farm he built. At least it used to be an ant farm – the diminutive tenants all froze to death during a recent winter storm. But an order of worker ...