Ants, however, remain popular among children due to their interesting nest-making and teamwork. One of the coolest pets a kid can have that requires very little maintenance is an ant farm.

If an ant discovers mold in the fungus farm, they use a unique bacterium as a natural pesticide. However, these clever ants carefully manage its use to prevent the mold from developing a defense ...

Narrator: At first glance, a fire ant hill — or mound, as it's properly called — looks impossibly small. And yet, a colony of up to 250,000 ants call it home. But here's the secret ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

I write about the world of biology. The Argentine ant is one of the most invasive species of ants, with its sprawling supercolonies ... [+] locked in an endless battle for territorial supremacy.