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 ...

What is myrmecophily? It represents an important interaction in nature. The word can be split into two parts: myrmex and ...

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

Weaver ants in South and Southeast Asia build remarkable leaf nests. These tiny engineers work together, coordinating their pulling forces with precision. They create living bridges and use larvae to ...

From ants to birds, these 7 species don’t just hunt – they steal, kidnap, and turn others into unwilling servants.

Abstract: Path planning is a critical technology for autonomous navigation in mobile robots and a primary focus in robotics research. The Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm is widely used for ...

Ants living in smoggy air may be turning on their own, and even abandoning their young, because pollution is scrambling their social signals, new research suggests. In lab tests described this week in ...

Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, may break down more rapidly in the atmosphere than previously thought due to climate ...

A recent study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that, despite their outsized ecological impact ...

Rove beetles have evolved a neat trick to survive. They cloak themselves in ant pheromones, allowing them to enter and remain ...

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 ...