No creature embodies the idea that “it takes a village” quite like ants. Using chemical signals and other ephemeral ...

While commonly referred to as one specific day, the Royal Society of Biology found that there is no single day that ants fly ...

Chinese Academy of Sciences researchers report that fossilized entomopathogenic fungi from mid-Cretaceous amber reveal some ...

There are over 12,500 known ant species in the world, with new ant species still being discovered by scientists to this day.

When Entomophaga grylli infects locusts or grasshoppers, they climb to the tops of plants before their death. The zombie-ant ...

Long before humans walked the Earth, while dinosaurs were still roaming the land, a parasitic fungus hijacked the mind of a ...

Once they’ve mated, the role of the male ants is over and they tend to die within a week. Female ants, uh, chew off their ...

Keep your lawn maintained. “If you’re mowing regularly, the ants don’t like it,” says Benson. “Mowing helps disrupt developing mounds.” Eliminate obvious food sources. Clean up fallen fruit and ...

Locusts or grasshoppers infected by Entomophaga grylli causes the diseased insects climbing to plant tops before death. The ...

HAVE you noticed more moths around than usual over the last few weeks? Well, it’s completely normal since moths are most ...

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

A new U.S. proposal could give all eight pangolin species Endangered Species Act protection for the first time.