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 ...

Depending on where you stand on AI, 30 January 2026 will go down in history for one of two things. Either it is the day when the AI singularity really began and the robots became conscious – or the ...

You’ve been looking forward to the butterflies all month, to watch them eat flowers and diced bananas and experience the ...

It's not just humans that build villages – so do other animals. And they can be so enormous they're visible from space ...

Termites, often seen as pests, are revealed as remarkable engineers. These insects construct colossal, long-lasting mounds with sophisticated ventilation systems, some visible from space. Their ...

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

In this video, I raised a queen trap-jaw ant into an entire ant colony, observing the ants' reactions to simulate real-world events. The surprising ending sets the stage for another intriguing video.

A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in the Angeles National Forest — and what it can tell us about interdependent ...

Certain ant species are famous for their ability to explode, a suicidal defense mechanism. Read here to learn how and when ...

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

A single queen in the tropics; large colonies in deserts; workers with uniform morphology in temperate regions; ant social structures vary according to environmental conditions. This is shown, for the ...

S. lativentris beetles evade detection — and attack — by grooming the ants to harvest chemicals called cuticular hydrocarbons ...