Yes, you read that right. And, needless to say, Hugh Grant is not allowed in the kitchen. At least not if his family has ...

DEAR BRIAN: Ants don’t care whether the soil is soft or hard, they’re going to do what they do. Considering that most of the ...

An ecologist shares his passion for parasites. From their vital roles in nature, to strange super powers and extraordinarily complex life cycles, parasites are natural wonders worthy of protection.

DEAR BRIAN: Ants don’t care whether the soil is soft or hard, they’re going to do what they do. Considering that most of the ...

Or are we? In a surprising new study, researchers compared the cooperative abilities of ants and humans using a geometric challenge known as the “piano-movers”. This task involved navigating a ...

A team studying the group behavior of ants has found that, in the right circumstances, ants can outsmart humans in collective problem-solving tasks. Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of ...

South Korean scientists have developed swarms of microrobots that mimic ants’ collaborative behavior to accomplish tasks like transporting objects and guiding organisms. Credit: Device/Yang and Won et ...

BRASILIA, Brazil – A new study has revealed the complex makeup of an ant found in South America that can absorb nearly all visible light. Researchers analyzed the velvet ant’s exoskeleton and ...

But scurrying across this land of extreme whiteness is, paradoxically, one of the darkest animals on Earth: a species of velvet ant known as Traumatomutilla bifurca. With its furry exterior and ...