This fossil is 13 million years older than any ant fossil found before—and reveals a sophisticated predator that lived ...

The tiny crickets collect and wear the chemical markers of the ants, reducing ant aggression and disguising them as a member of the group.

Ants feel like an alien species. After fighting with a spouse, queen ants do the weirdest thing, but it's for a good reason..

Sweet-toothed ants may be lured by the slightest spill of ... Meanwhile, houseflies, the other type of fly commonly found in domestic spaces, love nothing more than decay and rot, and will likely ...

A female fly begins by staking out a worker ant — carefully keeping her distance at first, as she is no bigger than her target's head. To scientists observing phorids in the field, "they appear ...

The odd-looking specimen with scythe-like jaws indicates that early ants were spread widely across the globe while dinosaurs ...

"These are reproductive carpenter ants that are looking for space to establish a brand new colony in your home." Flying carpenter ants are typically even larger than their worker companions ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. While there could be thousands of billions of ants crawling around the Earth today, few match the fiercity of the extinct “hell ...

As the warmer weather brings people outdoors across Houston, fire ants are waiting. Out of the 210 species of ants in Texas, the fire ant is the one singled out as a serious nuisance to humans ...