Ants are among nature's greatest success stories, with an estimated 22,000 species worldwide. Tropical Australia in ...

Invasive ant species are becoming a problem, however, with research showing that over 500 species of ants were found in countries where they aren’t native, having hopped a ride with humans ...

They are of the order Hymenoptera which also includes bees and wasps, and are in the Formicidae family which includes all ant species. Common names for the honey ant include small honey ants ...

About 99 million years ago, this horned "hell ant" was in the midst of devouring a prehistoric cockroach when it got stuck in ...

The caterpillars of these butterflies develop special glands that secrete a nectar-like substance to attract ants. The ants ...

Larvae of other ant species spin individual protective cocoons ... The rest of the time, the queen's offspring all become nonbreeding females—a fierce sisterhood of near clones that patrol ...

Some species that can be found in the city include the ring-bum ant, trap-jaw ant, procession ant, hunchback ant, fuzzy pavement ant, among others. Palluyir has held four ant walks for adults over ...

Sometimes, the slaves even participate with the slave-making workers in slave raids against other ant colonies of their own or closely related species. Not all slave-makers are equally adept at ...

crops and human health," all over Europe, Euronews said. The species is also rapidly spreading throughout the continent because "the climate in half of Europe’s urban areas is already suitable ...