Ants can be a challenge to identify without the proper equipment and experience. In many cases, the best way to confirm the identity of an ant is to enlist the help of a pest management professional.

Ants are some of the world’s most prolific and misunderstood insects. While North America alone is home to around 1,000 species, not all types of ants are pests that cause problems around your ...

Survival in the depths of the tropical rainforest not only depends on a species' ability to defend itself, but can be reliant on the type of cooperation researchers discovered between ants and ...

According to Zaccone, there are many different ant species that could make their way into your home, and you might need a magnifier in order to identify them. Here are a few of the most common types: ...

But a better way to identify the Asian needle ants isn’t by their appearance, but by the way they walk. Unlike many other species of ants, these ants have a stealthy, low walk.

Ants are tiny so that it’s nearly impossible to keep them out of your house, says Bertone. But these tips can help: · Remove ...

Ants not native to California have moved into Costa Mesa, but the danger they pose is not to the residents. A colony of Pheidole megacephala — a reddish-brown, “bigheaded ant” species native ...

Ponerinae instead of Aneuretinae Initial anatomical comparisons led the scientists to hypothesize that the animals were a species of Aneuretinae, an almost extinct subfamily of ants known so far only ...