The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization in the animal kingdom. The common perception is that the queen's only ...

Ant foraging behaviour is a paradigmatic example of sophisticated social coordination in the animal kingdom. Central to their success is the use of chemical signals, particularly trail pheromones, ...

Up to 20 million driver ants can swarm out of one nest and attack any living thing in the area. Read how they do it!

"Army Ants: A Study of Social Behavior" explores the complex social structures and behaviors of nomadic tropical army ants, which have evolved over 50 million years. The film details the organization ...

Why would an ant walk in an endless circle until it dies of starvation and exhaustion? Known as an ant death spiral, or circular milling, this deadly phenomenon can cause hundreds of ants to follow ...

For more than a century, scientists have known that certain species of ants subsist by raiding other ant colonies and turning their offspring into slaves. But researchers have known relatively little ...

Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...

Humans have always looked up to nature for inspiration, regardless of their field of activity, as we still have a lot to learn from biological systems. Take the problem-solving skills of ants. for ...