Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

Ants are among the most recognizable, admired, dreaded and mythologized insects on earth. They are famed for their industry, work ethic, organization, militaristic skills and loyalty. Ants are also ...

Robots, take note: When working in tight, crowded spaces, fire ants know how to avoid too many cooks in the kitchen. Observations of fire ants digging an underground nest reveal that a few industrious ...

Communication provides the basis for social life. In ant colonies, the prevalence of local, often chemically mediated, interactions introduces strong links between communication networks and the ...

Research on carpenter ants provides first example of a non-human animal severing limbs to curb infections It sounds like a scene from a Spielberg film: an injured worker undergoes an emergency ...

There are bird walks, tree walks and butterfly walks, but have you heard of ant walks? Ant enthusiast and researcher Sunil Kumar M recently led nearly 50 people on one at Lalbagh. Organised by Eco Edu ...