I grew up in southern California, where ants and humans coexist peacefully, where encounters are infrequent and almost always happen outside. Unless you offered them an open invitation -- like leaving ...

Little fire ants (Wasmannia auropunctata) are now on all four major Hawaiian Islands and they continue to spread in South Kona. Reviewing practices for prevention and control can help keep numbers ...

Everywhere around us we see visible signs of summer. Children are playing on sports fields and playgrounds. Adults are diligently mowing lawns and landscaping flower beds. It is one of the most ...

When the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia last week presented its Leidy Medal to Dr. William Morton Wheeler, internationally famed zoologist, longtime Dean of the Bussey Institution for ...

Worker ants can process information far more efficiently than Google, a new study claims. The researchers found that while an individual ant that is hunting for food walks a random path, their ...

Carpenter ants are not squeamish when it comes to caring for the wounded. To minimize the risk of infection, the insects ...

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Ever been bitten by a fire ant? If you haven't, congratulations. If you have, you know they hurt. In addition to their bites, these pests build large mounds just about ...

Ants don't get distracted by social information when on the move, and only fully responding to it when at rest, a new study indicates. Such sporadic monitoring of the social environment may reduce ...