A new study from Caltech explores the remarkable way a SoCal beetle infiltrates the colonies of the ant that runs the show in ...

What is myrmecophily? It represents an important interaction in nature. The word can be split into two parts: myrmex and philia. These are the Greek words for ant (myrmex) and love (philia), ...

Fire ants are spreading across southern counties, bringing sharper health risks, farm damage, and tougher choices on control today ...

And then there’s Sceptobius lativentris. Parker’s research revealed that the adult beetles turn off their ability to produce ...

Visible ants in your home "are a symptom, not the problem," one pest expert says.

Native ants in the forests around the recent Eaton fire had survived the heat, flames and smoke, an evolutionary survival ...

Rove beetles have evolved a neat trick to survive. They cloak themselves in ant pheromones, allowing them to enter and remain ...

There are some pretty crazy ways that animals and insects defend themselves. And some insects prioritize the health of the ...

Biologist E.O. Wilson once wrote that "ants are the most warlike of all animals," noting that clashes between ant colonies dwarfed the human battles at Waterloo and Gettysburg. But sometimes ant ...

A team of researchers led by James Waters of Arizona State University in Tempe, Ariz. conducted a series of experiments designed to measure the components of ant metabolism, such as oxygen and carbon ...

Air pollution may be turning ants against their own families, according to new research which suggests that such pollution ...

Think of it as mathematics with a bite: Researchers at CU Boulder have uncovered the statistical rules that govern how gigantic colonies of fire ants form bridges, ladders and floating rafts. In the ...