A few months ago, I awoke to find a streak spanning the length of my kitchen wall that looked like it had been drawn there ...

Sick ant pupae of Lasius neglectus can sense when they’ll die from infection and signal for help, triggering their own destruction to protect the colony—a selfless act studied at IST Austria and the ...

Researchers at Princeton University have built a swarm of interconnected mini-robots that “bloom” like flowers in response to ...

Researchers have observed sick adult ants leaving their colony to avoid sickening others. Now, they've discovered that terminally ill young ants or pupae, unable to move in their silken cocoons, have ...

Ants choose new homes carefully, weighing factors like size & light. More differences between options improved choice ...

In a horrific but easy-to-visualise scene, the ants grab its limbs and pull backwards, while the insect struggles in the ...