Symbiotic relationships between species are both common and incredible, including those between ants and these four insects, ...

(Why invasive ants are a bigger threat than previously thought.) Ants communicate and cooperate by secreting pheromones, or scent chemicals, that can alert others to danger or lead them to a ...

Recent research has delved into how ants make decisions while foraging, the influence of pheromones, and how their experiences shape their preferences. Understanding these behaviors not only sheds ...

Ant behavior has inspired various scientific fields because of their ability to solve complex problems. As they move, ants create trail networks that share similarities with vehicular traffic on ...

In the midst of battle, these ants release specific alarm pheromones aimed at the foreign ants that trigger aggressive behaviors in their colony members. This response not only mobilizes workers ...

The researchers from Nara Women’s University and other institutions said a whiff of a pheromone found naturally on the body surface of the Japanese carpenter ant, a native species, causes the ...

“Ants communicate through pheromone trails that they leave behind, and this is how one ant in your home turns into thousands,” says Nicole Carpenter, the President at Black Pest Preventio ...

As for the ants, "Their pheromone based communication takes neither load size versus door size nor load rotations into account, and thus deems a major part of their collective navigation strategy ...

ADAM:'An ant's sense of smell is vital to them, but they don’t use noses like us. They use their antennae to detect special chemicals that they lay on the groundcalled pheromones. ADAM:'To find ...