Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...

When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in individual armor and produce far more ants. Larger colonies then ...

Species with thinner protective barriers may need fewer resources and tend to have a greater ability to adapt to new habitats ...

Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

The research focused on Lasius neglectus, a species of garden ant. Unlike adult workers, which can leave the nest to die when they are gravely ill, young pupae are immobile and remain sealed in ...

Ants produce diverse, targeted antimicrobial compounds that inhibit drug-resistant pathogens, offering insights for new ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

Ants are on the march with a taste for everything from livestock to electronics. June 9, 2013 — -- There's a new player on the continent and it is spreading damage from Texas to Florida in a ...

Australia is baking through another extreme heat wave, with temperatures forecast to reach above 45°C for multiple days in a ...