As individuals, driver ants are small and relatively insignificant creatures. But as a colony, they transform into a huge and ...

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Fire ants form rafts to survive flooding, but how do those bonds work? And what can we learn from them? A professor is researching those questions to expand our knowledge of materials science. Fire ...

Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...