Odorous house ants are easily identifiable by - you guessed it - their smell. Here's what to look out for if you suspect they ...

Virginia may have a new ally in the fight against one of the most invasive insects threatening trees, crops, and other ...

A unique species of cricket found only in northern Europe tricks ants into letting them into their nests to live among them, where they then feed on ant eggs and steal food. Myrmecophilus ...

Ants are common household pests. Learn more about the signs of an ant infestation, health risks, what to do if you have them, and more.

Carpenter ants don't feed on wood like other pests, though. Carpenters ants are not usually dangerous, but their infestations can weaken tree branches. These ants mostly invade already damaged trees.

Ant gets bee-slapped, and other strange bug moments. Smack! ... Intrusion can cause devastating damage to honey bee colonies, as the ants will even eat bee’s protein-rich eggs.

A tiny cricket species found in Latvia for first time mimics ants’ size and chemical ID to infiltrate their nests, steal their food and feed on ant eggs.

Different ant species can coexist because, as the saying goes, where one is weak another is strong. IE 11 is not supported. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser.

Ants can be found in nearly every location on Earth, with rough estimates suggesting there are over ten quadrillion individuals — that is one followed by 16 zeroes, or about 1 million ants per ...

Yellow crazy ants break the rules of reproduction. Every male ant contains separate populations of cells from two distinct genetic lineages, making them “chimeras,” researchers report in the ...

All worker ants are female, but the queen ant is the only one that can lay eggs, the most common form of their reproduction. Drones, the male version of ants, have one function only: to mate.