Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? The famous question, though implausible, reflects a ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

The rapid diversification of ants has “led to their role as ecological engineers” that can work in habitats across the world, ...

Ants have always been a highly studied insect due to their many complex qualities. One of the reasons they have attracted so ...

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? As silly as it sounds, the question captures a real ...

The research focused on Lasius neglectus, a species of garden ant. Unlike adult workers, which can leave the nest to die when ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said ...

A new study shows how ants grow huge colonies by choosing numbers over strength and relying on teamwork instead of tough ...

If life is a numbers game, ants are winning. There are around 20 quadrillion individual ants on Earth (more than 2 million per human), ...

With nearly 20 quadrillion ants on Earth, these tiny creatures seem unstoppable. A new study reveals how weakness, thin ...

Sick young ants release a chemical signal urging worker ants to destroy them, a behaviour aimed at protecting the colony from infection. But why do queens not partake in this self-sacrifice?