Fortunately, the carpenter ant species common in the South typically don’t cause as much damage—and rarely structural ...

One kind of carpenter ant in Asia will commit suicide to protect the nest by causing its head to explode, spraying the enemy with a toxic substance. This is known as autothysis. That would be ...

Paleontologists studying insects trapped in amber from 99 million years ago have made a remarkable discovery: an ant and a ...

Carpenter ants are dark and big—the queen may be as big as 1 inch long—and have narrow “waists” with one node. When you look from the side, the thorax—or area behind the head—looks ...

Carpenter ants don’t actually eat wood. They dine on a whole range of other foods that other ants like, too: insects, honeydew from plants, pet food and scraps of people food (both meat and sweets).

There are an estimated 20 quadrillion ants all over the planet, except in Antarctica — a bummer, considering the continent’s name. But a close-up shot of a carpenter ant that started making ...

Like in humans, ants were far less likely to amputate if the injury was farther down the leg, scientists found. Hotspots ranked Start the day smarter ☀️ Funniest cap messages Get the USA TODAY app ...

Humans aren’t the only ones capable of performing amputations to save lives. Florida carpenter ants have been observed biting off the injured limbs of nestmates, depending on the location of the ...

Carpenter ants are bigger than pavement ants and make their nests, called galleries, in soft, rotted wood. These industrious creatures will hike to your home from a tree as far as 20 feet away.

Whether the ant has eyes on its head; One-node ants. Some common species of nuisance one-node ants include: ... Carpenter ants bore into wood structures, leaving behind little piles of sawdust.

In the forest, carpenter ants have a job to do, recycling woody debris, such as dead trees and fallen logs. But these large ants become nuisances when they forage or nest inside our homes ...

Florida carpenter ants were observed cleaning wounds and carrying out leg amputations to save the lives of their nestmates, according to a new study.