What happens when 1,000 ants are placed in various obstacle courses? This video features an ant colony navigating through ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, enabling improved food gathering, task organization and defense, according to researchers from ...

Scientists describe the behavior as "altruistic signalling," a form of social immunity in eusocial insects Getty A new research study finds infected ant pupae emit a chemical signal that prompts ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A 3D reconstruction of the exoskeleton of an ant worker (Myrmoteras sp.) from x-ray tomography. Here’s a fun (and creepy) fact: ...

Time now for our science news roundup from Short Wave, NPR's science podcast. I'm joined by the show's two hosts, Regina Barber and Emily Kwong. Hello, hello. REGINA BARBER AND EMILY KWONG: Hey, Ailsa ...