Narrator: At first glance, a fire ant hill — or mound, as it's properly called — looks impossibly small. And yet, a colony of up to 250,000 ants call it home. But here's the secret ...

As the scientists studied it in detail, they found that ants had moved more than 40 tons of soil to build the impressive structure. When they discovered the ant hill, the scientists decided to ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have ...

Some people use boiling water to kill these ants but this isn't a good idea as it results in scorched patches of turf which again are vulnerable to being colonised by weeds. It's better to water the ...

Hybrid fire ants, well established in East Tennessee and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, are now infiltrating Southwest ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...