Most ants fight, freeze, or flee when danger strikes, but one tiny species pulls off an escape trick that seems almost too ...

Deep inside tropical rainforests, a fungus can turn an infected ant into something resembling a real-life zombie. Over days or even weeks, the infection alters the ant's behavior until it leaves its ...

Fire ants anchor themselves by biting, then sting repeatedly while injecting a venom called solenopsin that causes swollen red spots with blisters on top. Mild stings can be treated by washing the ...

When Saharan surface temperatures soar past 120°F, every creature retreats to safety except one tiny ant that sprints out into the open. The biology keeping it alive long enough to eat is stranger ...

International researchers led by China's BGI-Research used single cell technology to study the brains of ants, explaining for the first time how the social division of labor within ant colonies ...

Once upon a time, around 2010 or so, there lived a hardworking ant and a carefree grasshopper. The grasshopper was hopping to his heart’s content one sunny morning when the ant trudged by, bearing a ...