Insects use a wax layer on their bodies to prevent water loss. Furthermore, they use the layer for communication. Although the chemical composition of this layer has been extensively studied, ...

I opened the door of the kitchen cupboard to get the peanut butter and saw an ant scampering away. I quickly dispatched the ant. Now I have a problem. If I tell Mary Alice about seeing an ant, she ...

Our human evolution workshops were conducted with well-resourced and historically disadvantaged schools attending. The grade ...

Water and air pose completely different challenges to animals on a number of levels.

A curious summer encounter with rogue ants turns into a humorous journey through science, myth, and the mysterious habits of ...

Three children who are U.S. citizens were removed to Honduras last week as part of the deportation of other members of their families. Two of the children, ages 4 and 7, belong to one Honduran family.

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While the ants tirelessly gather food, the grasshopper plays and dances, refusing to help. As winter approaches, the grasshopper finds himself without food, regretting his carefree attitude.

Sam Sacks ’s review of “Aesop’s Fables” (Books, Nov. 2) brings to mind a modern twist on an old classic: In the summer, the ants worked and saved, while the grasshoppers played.

By Edward McDougal In Aesop’s fable, “The Ant and the Grasshopper,” a family of ants prepares for winter. Bustling about in the sun, the ants dry out the grain they gathered over the summer.