It can be mixed with a sugary substance to create a DIY formula to disrupt ants' digestive systems and kill colonies. Vinegar and other essential oils like peppermint and tea tree are natural ...

Leaf Cutter ants deliver their payload to a fungus underground to grow food. Leaf Cutter ants deliver thousands of pieces of plant matter to a fungus underground in order to grow food. See how plants ...

video: Leaf-cutter ants could be called the overachievers of the insect world. They are farmers, medicine makers, and green energy producers. Bacteriologist Cameron Currie studies the complex ...

The American Museum of Natural History is unveiling an enormous new exhibit of leafcutter ants. Making it happen was no picnic. A leafcutter ant carrying a flower petal inside a new exhibit in the ...

In January, the American Museum of Natural History’s new insectarium gained 500,000 tenants. It has taken them some time to find their footing. By Emily Anthes It was a cold, gray afternoon in ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama discovered that carrying oversized loads limits the ability to perceive the trail in leafcutter ants, akin to blind spots ...

Like any relationship, the key to a successful leaf-cutter ant colony is communication. The colony that "talks" to each other can conquer forces much larger than themselves. For example, army ant ...

If your home has been overrun by ants and you're wondering whether borax is a viable solution to remove these pests, keep reading. Here, one pest control expert highlights the benefits of using borax ...

We have all been in that situation: The moving boxes are large and heavy, but we are determined to carry them all in one trip, even if that means we can't see where we're going. In the tropics, some ...