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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

Ants, with their highly organized social behavior, have long inspired research. In particular, they have often inspired ...

Researchers studied ants' movement to understand traffic efficiency. They found ants travel in organized platoons without ...

A study conducted by UniTrento researchers examined ant trails to find out how they manage to avoid congestion thanks to ...

Hybrid fire ants, well established in East Tennessee and parts of Kentucky and North Carolina, are now infiltrating Southwest Virginia.

Ant behavior has inspired various scientific fields because of their ability to solve complex problems. As they move, ants ...

“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 ...

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 ...