The lancet liver fluke has a cunning — some might say horrifying — way of ensuring its survival. It turns ants into zombies. That’s how researchers who study this tiny parasitic flatworm often ...

If you stop and watch for a while, the behavior of ants is endlessly fascinating, they even have death rituals, and science ...

An ant colony runs on a strict division of labor that shifts as each worker ages. Young ants typically stay inside the nest ...

The survival strategies employed by one of the most aggressive, territorial and venomous ant species may pave the way to revolutionize robotics, medicine and engineering. Fire ants survive floods by ...

A tapeworm fundamentally changes the lives of ants: Workers of the species Temnothorax nylanderi infected with the tapeworm ...

Explore how ant behavior reveals insights into human parenting and brain evolution, enhancing our understanding of caregiving ...

Some people change careers, and it seems that the Harpegnathos saltator ant can do the same; worker ants can switch to queen-like figures that are known as gamergates. Worker ants are not able to ...

By repurposing ancient feeding signals, clonal raider ants coordinate brood care and foraging, offering new insights into the evolution of social behavior.

In many animals, including ants, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) ensures normal brain function by controlling the movement of various substances in and out of the brain. Now, researchers have made the ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been found to play a significant role in controlling behavior critical to how ant colonies function, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at ...

Wildlife charities are urging U.K. motorists to give disoriented gulls space during the annual flying ant season ...