Scientists don't know why the ant is covered in doorknob-like lumps. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Every queen needs a crown.

The exhibit includes a smell-based interactive, highlighting the range of odors ants use to mark trails, raise alarms and ...

It's not much to look at in the beginning. This is the first larval phase of a trap-jaw ant emerging from its egg. New research published in the journal Myrmecology News finds that trap-jaw ants ...

The larvae of many lycaenid butterflies (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) are tended by ants that protect them from natural enemies in return for sugar-rich secretions that the larvae produce to attract and ...

Life in an ant colony is a symphony of subtle interactions between insects acting in concert, more like cells in tissue than independent organisms bunking in a colony. Now, researchers have discovered ...

How does an ant colony decide who's fit to become a queen? In most cases, the larger a female ant grows to be, the greater chance it has to be crowned the queen of a colony. In fact, the size of ants ...

May 3 (UPI) --Researchers have identified the "princess pheromone" that tells a colony of ants when an ant larva will become the queen. A team from North Carolina State University studied Indian ...

Scientists have identified a 'princess pheromone' that tells an ant colony when a larva is preparing to become a queen. For Indian jumping ants (Harpegnathos saltator), becoming royalty is all about ...

Ant larvae are fighters. When ant nests are invaded by parasitic ants that hope to wipe out the original residents, larvae may try to protect their family by eating the invaders’ eggs. Some species of ...

ants swarming on a spoon of sugar - Rhj/Getty Images Ants are among the most common household pests, and while a few stray ants in your kitchen might seem harmless, your pest infestation might be a ...

Life in an ant colony is a symphony of subtle interactions between insects acting in concert, more like cells in tissue than independent organisms bunking in a colony. Now, researchers have discovered ...