Countless species of insects have been around for hundreds of millions of years, including pests like cockroaches and beetles ...

(Much like termites, which cause far more severe damage.) Some species, such as army ants, defy the norm and do not have permanent homes. (Why invasive ants are a bigger threat than previously ...

The term army ants, however, is not specific to one type of ant. It applies to over 200 ant species with remarkably different lineages. Instead, it speaks to their behavior. They move and keep ...

Researchers say the fossil adult worker ant—a newly discovered species notably smaller than its modern relatives, named Basiceros enana—now offers direct evidence that the cryptic ant group ...

A team of scientists set out to determine how many ants live on Earth at any given time. The answer is astounding, to say the least.

By day this colony of army ants raided their surrounds, mostly hunting other ant species. At dusk they moved on, travelling up to 400 metres before building a nest for the night. Positioning his ...

The Kenya Wildlife Service said the four men were involved in trafficking the ants to markets in Europe and Asia, and that the species included messor cephalotes, a distinctive, large and red ...

There’s safety, even power, in numbers. One creature’s confrontation with the world seems insurmountable, almost impossible, but an army of those little creatures can move mountains.