The first time Marcela Cosarinsky saw a nest of Atta vollenweideri leaf-cutter ants, it was the late 1990s and she was in an ...

In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting ...

A viral TikTok video showing ants being collected and exposed to fire has sparked widespread backlash online, with viewers debating shock content, ethics, and social media virality.

Arizona ‘cleaner’ ant nibbles and licks the workers of a different ant species. Small ‘cleaner fish’ are often seen helping ...

Caffeine doesn’t just perk up humans—it can sharpen ants’ minds too. Invasive Argentine ants given caffeinated sugar learned ...

Quick Take Dracula ants have the fastest recorded animal appendage movement in recent scientific studies. A 23 microsecond ...

After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...