After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...

In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting ...

A harvester ant typically approaches a cone ant nest and stands upright with her mandibles open (all worker ants are female).

Some people change careers, and it seems that the Harpegnathos saltator ant can do the same; worker ants can switch to queen-like figures that are known as gamergates. Worker ants are not able to ...

Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship in which both parties gain some form of benefit from their interactions. Many ...

In 2006, biologist Mark Moffett noticed an unusual behavior. The usually aggressive harvester ants would park themselves near ...

Banded Sugar Ant (Camponotus consobrinus) closeup isolated on white background, Banded sugar ants line up in a circle on isolated background, Group banded sugar ants line up in a circle© Kurit ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been found to play a significant role in controlling behavior critical to how ant colonies function, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at ...

Mark Moffett, a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History, specializes in capturing the often-overlooked ...

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

You’ve probably never seen a Dracula ant, as these elusive insects spend their days tunneling through the leaf litter and ...