Joe Parker, a Caltech entomologist who has studied indigenous forest ants in key canyons above Pasadena and Altadena for eight years, felt his heart sink as he watched by live video the Eaton fire ...

Rove beetles cloak themselves in ant pheromones to sneak into the insects’ nests for protection. But in an odd catch-22, that makes them forever reliant on their hosts ...

There are some pretty strange ways that animals clean themselves. While cats groom themselves with their tongues, other ...

In the neotropics, a group of rare ants blends in with its surroundings. The ants are called Basiceros, or dirt ants, and are rarely encountered in the wild. Their bodies are covered with specialized ...

Touch stimuli from an ant trigger multiple Ca 2+ signals and leaf closure in wild-type plants. Video 1: Weak-deflection response in the sensory hair Video 2: Strong-deflection response in the sensory ...

Ants rely on scent to recognise their comrades, and when they are exposed to common air pollutants, other members of their ...