Ants work from home (yours, that is) Ants owe much of their success to their highly social nature. Within the colony, some individuals (female queens and male drones) are responsible for reproduction, ...

Images of the male ant B. chinensis found in Naples and genetically identified by the IBE research team. It is the first specimen to be detected living freely in Europe. The body of the ant is ...

Ant colonies, like most social insects, are composed of all females. Pratt said worker ants are female and the male ants breed with the queen. Pratt said when the ants were making a decision it was ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...