Witness the fascinating process of ant colony construction in this time-lapse video, "eLapse." Over 54 hours, watch as ants transform a simple sand-filled container into an intricate nest, digging ...

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Scientists have long known that ant colonies sometimes seem to move as one. A nest that appears quiet can suddenly erupt into activity, with workers throughout the colony springing into motion almost ...

Some ants rescue trapped nestmates, and differences in nervous-system gene activity may help explain why individuals respond ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. The scientist E.O. Wilson once wrote that ants are the most warlike of all ...

Fire ants have earned their reputation as one of Australia's most damaging invasive pests. From ruined picnics to serious ...

Ant colonies behave as 'superorganisms' rather than collections of individuals, a study from the University of Bristol has demonstrated. The study seeks to explain the behaviour of ant colonies as ...

The ant species Leptothorax acervorum is found throughout the Northern hemisphere. While many populations have multiple queens, a few have only one queen that reproduces. And in those societies, ...

Like a brain, an ant colony operates without central control. Each is a set of interacting individuals, either neurons or ants, using simple chemical interactions that in the aggregate generate their ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ant hills spread quickly across lawns. A single colony can multiply into dozens within weeks, taking over large sections of your ...

Ants are notoriously much better than humans at organizing their collective traffic flow when foraging for food, but how they manage to do so isn’t fully understood. Even in dense, crowded conditions, ...