Great numbers of ants busied themselves carrying off hunks of cheese and burger, sometimes 40 or 50 ants on a chunk. But for a soft and liquid commodity like jelly, the harvest is much less efficient.

Most organisms forage, hunt, or use photosynthesis to get food, but around 50 million years ago — long before humans were around — ants began cultivating and growing their own food.

You may think of ants as picnic pilferers. After all, who hasn't had to ward off ants stealing crumbs from picnic tables or hoarding tiny pieces of food from kitchens? But a new study shows that ...

Talk about SMALL WONDERS! Ants manage their own complex societies right under our noses. And, as Faith Salie explains, even if you don't want them at your picnic, you have to admire all ants can do: ...

Scientists studied the obstacle-clearing behavior of longhorn crazy ants, where a subset of workers temporarily specializes in removing tiny objects blocking the path between the nest and large food ...

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 ...

First Ants at the Picnic isn't just about growing vegetables, at its core, it's teaching people how to eat, how to plant and more. There will be those who are unable to start their own gardens, so ...

Have you ever seen a trail of ants carrying green leaves back to their colony? They’re not collecting food for themselves, but for cultivating their Yes, Ants Actually Farm Their Food ...

Among the tens of thousands of ant species, incredible "intelligent" behaviors like crop culture, animal husbandry, surgery, "piracy," social distancing, and complex architecture have evolved.