Red imported fire ants – known as RIFA – are spreading throughout the southern U.S., and if there are enough nests in an area ...

If you're ever stung by this insect, it's likely you will never forget it. According to the experts, it has the most painful ...

These photos of red ants, also knows as fire ants, make the little insects look like they are performing a circus act. They balance giant seed pods from a Mimosa tree above their heads and hold onto ...

This image highlights the whitish cuticular coating present on the ant Ac. echinatior. (Credit: T.R.S., in a study published by Nature Communications, via Courthouse News) PARIS (AFP) — A well-known ...

The first report of a genetically modified ant has provided insight into how complex societies arose in insects. Ant colonies are models of cooperation, and it appears to be utterly dependent on the ...

ALAMANCE COUNTY, N.C. — Is there something bugging you about this time of year? It seems as soon as cool air arrives, insects try to make themselves comfortable in your home. Good Morning Show viewer ...

The flightless moth of Haleakala is one of the more dramatic examples of evolution in Hawaiian insects. Known to science as Thyrocopa apatela, this moth lives only on the barren slopes of Maui’s ...

A steady stream of black ants scurries busily in and out of a crack in the patio. They've been living there quietly for weeks. Perhaps you tried to get rid of them – especially if they were taking ...

The viral Facebook post combines two common names for this insect. Old images purportedly showing a "velvet cowkiller" ant received renewed attention in April 2018: These images, as well as a near ...

“The number of distinct origins for myrmecophagy was certainly surprising, as was the discovery that their origins seem to ...

The ability to rapidly shrink down to bug size (and beyond) gives Ant-Man and the Wasp tremendous advantages. But it also comes with some scale-related drawbacks, most notably, more difficulty ...