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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The most comprehensive dataset of termite genomes to date was created by an international team of scientists, led by ...

Public Services and Procurement Canada, the agency in charge of federal buildings' daily operations, says there have been over 549 pests recently reported across 93 Crown-owned buildings in the ...

IT is no longer eccentrics warning the End is Nigh – some of the smartest minds in the world think humankind faces ...