hundreds of ants inside use the openings to seize it with their jaws. Another species, the yellow crazy ant (Anoplolepis gracilipes), is capable of forming so-called supercolonies that house ...

These little black insects are usually a sign that your home is being invaded by carpenter ants. The wood-destroying insects are known for tunneling through wood to make their nests, compromising ...

Here’s what to do if you find ants in your house. Maybe you’ve spotted a single ant wandering around on the kitchen floor, or perhaps there’s a trail of them marching across the counter.

It’s not just humans who have trouble making amends—Earth’s 20 quadrillion ants aren’t quick to forgive ... (A telltale sign of incoming formic acid is the bending of an ant’s bulbous ...

The nests of red wood ants each house thousands, even millions, of individuals. Here, workers carry a chunk of tree resin to the nest. The ants spray the resin with their formic acid, enhancing ...

Today, native Californian ant species like harvester ants and odorous house ants, among others, continue to face the invasive territorial threat posed by the Argentine ants. Much like the cane ...

Parasitic ants parasitize other ants using aggression and deception. Aa Aa Aa Among my fondest memories are the summers that I spent studying the ants of Elk Island National Park in western Canada.