Scientists discover a “runaway bulldozer” in ant DNA that silences smell genes, keeping chemical communication - and colony ...

Ants have evolved an acute sense of smell, which requires each sensory neuron to choose one scent receptor out of hundreds.

One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new ...

Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well.

What's up with those clouds of flying ants that come out after a desert rain storm? It's called a "mating swarm," and it's ...

Ice cream, mascarpone and milk-washed cocktails may sound like simple pleasures — but the ones served at a two-Michelin-starred restaurant in Denmark contained a little extra something: ants.

Toronto-based Blue Ant Media announced Thursday it has acquired the Washington-based streaming company MagellanTV for US$12 million. The deal consists of US$6 million upfront in cash, with the ...

The trajectory of life on Earth has always been predicated by genetic evolution, but two scientists from the University of Maine argue that culture is now the main force shaping our lives. A new study ...

FERRYLAND, CANADA—CBC reports that an exceptionally rare set of Native American wampum beads were discovered during excavations at the seventeenth-century Colony of Avalon in Ferryland, Newfoundland, ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two different ant species. A team ...

One wonders what would happen if humans collaborated like ants. While humans have strong individual streaks, ants seem to almost operate as one. Like several types of bees, ants are eusocial, ...