Some ants have figured out how to keep from getting lost: Build taller anthills. Desert ants that live in the hot, flat salt pans of Tunisia spend their days looking for food. Successful grocery runs ...

Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well. Ants are many things. Like, they're very ...

When ants have been exposed to a pathogen, they change the way they build their nests in order to reduce the risk of an epidemic. Nathalie Stroeymeyt at the University of Bristol in the UK and her ...

Spring is top breeding season for many animals, and if you start noticing different nests around your home, here is how to ...

When building a bird nest in ant territory, the best defense could be an offensive fungus. Swollen-thorn acacia trees are aggressively defended by multiple species of ants. And yet, several species of ...