The Asian Weaver Ant has been documented carrying objects up to 100 ... The principles of distributed load-bearing observed in ant colonies have influenced structural engineering approaches for ...

Ants use complex mathematical principles like optimization, geometry, and network theory to build efficient colonies, navigate terrain, divide resources, and make collective decisions—proving nature’s ...

Researchers have discovered a never-before-seen species of "hell ant" that lived 113 million years ago, making it the oldest ...

Seizures of queens taken from giant African harvester ant colonies at about 1.2 million Kenyan shillings. Queen ants are vital for any colony as they are the only ones capable of laying eggs that grow ...

NAIROBI – Kenyan police who raided a national park guesthouse earlier in April aimed not to bust elephant tusk or rhino horn poachers, but a more esoteric ring trading a much smaller, more ...

Imagine a world hidden within the hollow stem of a plant—a bustling metropolis of ants, secret tunnels, nurseries, and an ...

Kenyan prosecutors have valued the seizures of queens taken from giant African harvester ant colonies at about 1.2 million Kenyan shillings ($9,300). Depending on the number and variety of each ...

The capacity to move soil and building materials facilitated the construction of complex nests that protected colonies from environmental threats. These advantages have contributed to ants becoming ...

They also have an interesting mutual relationship with a particular species of ant (Lasius ponderosae). The curiously isolated hairstreak caterpillars excrete a sugary substance called honeydew ...

This surprisingly entertaining film examines the 1975 fiscal crisis that nearly led the city to bankruptcy. The movie’s conclusions remain relevant today. By Alissa Wilkinson Tom Hardy is a ...