Maintaining 20 million hunters requires a lethal, synchronized strategy for total ecosystem dominance. The Dorylus ants move from one territory to another so they can take advantage of new prey. These ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An invasive species of stinging, carnivorous ants has been slowly spreading across the U.S. and now is found in about 20 states, ...

Ant species living in Boulder's foothills have shifted their habitat over the last six decades, potentially affecting local ecosystems, suggests a new study. Over the past 60 years, climate change has ...

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

Biochar may improve soil, but too much can harm ants, disrupting their behavior, teamwork, and the health of the ecosystem.

As individuals, driver ants are small and relatively insignificant creatures. But as a colony, they transform into a huge and ruthless killing machine. Their swarm raids move like a living force ...

Over the past 60 years, climate change has forced certain ant species, unable to tolerate higher temperatures, out of their original habitats in Gregory Canyon near Boulder, Colorado, according to a ...

A swarm of driver ants© Mehmet Karatay / CC BY-SA 3.0 As individuals, driver ants are small and relatively insignificant creatures. But as a colony, they transform into a huge and ruthless killing ...