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 ...

This story appears in the November 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Most animals seek shade when temperatures in the Sahara soar to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Saharan silver ants seek ...

This story appears in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. If aliens ever do land on Earth, don’t get all huffy if their greeting turns out to be: "Take me to your ant." ...

This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s good to be the queen—the ant queen, that is—because mating does wonders for her immune system. When exposure ...

This story appears in the February 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine ... There are those annoying ants that swarm out when their nest is accidentally cut open and the pesky beetle ...

This story appears in the June 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine ... At that height, too, the wood-ant nests will tower over me. I will have to keep a sharp lookout for moose and reindeer ...

Still others impersonate ants or wasps. Forty-plus named species ... “it’s like Christmas every day.” National Geographic senior writer Douglas Main reports on all creatures great and ...