Witness the fascinating process of ant colony construction in this time-lapse video, "eLapse." Over 54 hours, watch as ants transform a simple sand-filled container into an intricate nest, digging ...

Humans are not the only animals to have a dedicated health care system. Some super-organized ant species not only recognize that their comrade is injured but actually carry them back to the ant nest ...

The rainforests of northern Australia are home to extraordinary ant colonies. Instead of dwelling in underground burrows, these ants inhabit canopies of trees, dozens of meters above the ground, ...

Ants are many things. They’re hard workers and intensely social. They’re quite strong for their size. And now they may also be a source of architectural inspiration too — for designing spaces that ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, ...

In the clonal raider ant (Ooceraea biroi), workers in a colony alternate between caring for larvae and laying eggs in a ...

Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

During Kenya's rainy seasons, specific weather conditions trigger rare winged queen giant African harvester ants to emerge in ...