The ants tackled the problem in three combinations: one single ant, one small group of 7 ants, and one large group of 80 ants. Humans also had to solve the puzzle in three combinations ...

If aliens ever do land on Earth, don’t get all huffy if their greeting turns out to be: "Take me to your ant." That ant might be a queen mother, weighing about the same as a few grains of salt.

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

There are over one hundred trillion ants on earth, approximately 14,000 ants for every human. If you weighed every human and all the ants, the scales would balance. The resin of conifer trees ...