White ant nests are described as "one of the architectural wonders of the living world" and appear in/on trees, soil, power poles and above ground in giant mounds that can stretch 2 meters high ...

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Busy black garden ants dig in the dirt. In a new study, scientists found that these ants change their nest architecture in the presence of a pathogen, which likely slows the spread of disease ...

Biologists have discovered another incredible skill of ants that put humans to shame—they have a special technique to avoid traffic jams. Scientists from Texas Tech University and other ...

Trilobites Videos Show Ants Amputating Nest Mates’ Legs to Save Their Lives The insects seem to know which injuries to treat as they engage in a behavior that seems almost human. Share full article ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

Mysty: "Vinegar is the one sure solution, but you need to pour it where the ants have their nest, not just to where they walk around. If you find their nest just pour about 0.5-1 L of white (cheap ...

Some invasive ants are driving biologists crazy, but new research into control methods is underway at the lab and in the field. Tag along on a family outing and see how springtime is the ideal ...

We’ve all heard of bookworms, but book ants? A Brazilian writer was taken aback after a colony of ants allegedly colonized her Kindle — and started buying books off of it. “My virtual ...

I OBSERVE in NATURE, vol. xxvi. p. 72, from line 13 to 35 inclusive, some remarks regarding the composition of the inner of the two distinct structures composing an ant hill, and that though the ...

Termites—commonly referred to as white ants—are not actually ants at all, they are essentially very specialized and social cockroaches. Often living in nests of well over 1 million individuals ...