Banded Sugar Ant (Camponotus consobrinus) closeup isolated on white background, Banded sugar ants line up in a circle on isolated background, Group banded sugar ants line up in a circle© Kurit ...
An estimated 20 quadrillion ants belonging to more than 15,000 known species currently crawl across the Earth. Those huge ...
The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization in the animal kingdom. The common perception is that the queen's only ...
Ants are social insects and the Solenopsis invicta species -- known as the fire ant -- is no exception. The social interactions of this invasive insect, which comes from South America, are framed ...
Source: Princeton University Press/with permission. Ants are fascinating and remarkably intelligent insects who live in complex social groups called colonies. 1,2 When I first learned about ant expert ...
Despite having identical genes, carpenter worker ants vary wildly in their behaviors and appearances. Major workers fight off predators and are bulkier than minor workers that gather food and tend to ...
The ant recognition system is flexible, allowing ants to learn and tolerate outsiders while still recognizing their own kind.