Ants may also come inside in search of water, particularly when the weather is hot. Some species prefer to build their nests ...

The short answer to “Why are there ants everywhere?” is simply this: We live on a planet where ants outnumber us by an almost ...

Tropical Australia in particular is a global hotspot for ant diversity. Some researchers believe it could hold some of the ...

About 99 million years ago, this horned "hell ant" was in the midst of devouring a prehistoric cockroach when it got stuck in ...

The caterpillars of these butterflies develop special glands that secrete a nectar-like substance to attract ants. The ants ...

All insects descend from a common ancestor that lived about about 480 million years ago. For context, that's about 100 million years before any of our vertebrate ancestors - animals with a backbone - ...

Three species of fire ants have been found in North Carolina: red imported fire ants, black fire ants, and hybrid fire ants.

Both species are small in stature ... 35 types of pheromones from the body of the Japanese carpenter ant, which inhabit almost all areas of Japan, including residential neighborhoods.