There are some pretty crazy ways that animals and insects defend themselves. And some insects prioritize the health of the ...

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

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...

And then there’s Sceptobius lativentris. Parker’s research revealed that the adult beetles turn off their ability to produce ...

Rove beetles cloak themselves in ant pheromones to sneak into the insects’ nests for protection. But in an odd catch-22, that ...

Ants send messages to colony members through odor compounds that contain alkenes, chemicals that help nestmates recognize one ...