New research has found an insect species with markings that are so black that they’re ‘superblack’ or ‘ultrablack’, absorbing ...

Children and scientists discover how wasps trick ants into protecting their larvae, changing our understanding of nature's ...

There’s a reason we often fail to accomplish anything in staff meetings or settle on a less effective solution.

There are only two animals capable of transporting an object so large that it can only be moved by cooperating: humans and ...

It’s not just humans who have trouble making amends—Earth’s 20 quadrillion ants aren’t quick to forgive, either. Ants primarily rely on their fine-tuned olfactory sense to differentiate ...

A velvet ant sting is like “hot oil spilling over your hand” – now, scientists have identified molecules in its venom that ...

But what would happen if you pitted human beings against ants in a competition to solve the piano-mover puzzle? According to a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...