Termites are notorious for the way they affect wood, eating their way into spaces that didn't previously exist. They convert the cellulose in wood to give their bodies nourishment. “In nature, ...

As far as wartime sacrifices go, it’s hard to beat the plight of the wood ants of Templewo, Poland. There, near the border of Germany, a large colony has established over a Soviet nuclear arms base ...

A species of ant is thriving in habitats created by thousands of acres of coniferous forest planted in a UK National Park in the last 60 years, according to new research. A species of ant is thriving ...

In Arkansas, there are a few different types of nuisance ants, but by far the most common is Tapinoma sessile, the house ant that has a rotten-coconut smell when crushed. John Hopkins, an entomologist ...

I have been seeing some large and small black ants in my kitchen over the last few days and have also noticed them crawling up the trunk of one of my old maple trees. There appears to be sawdust at ...

Researchers found that after multiple hybridization events between two wood ant species distinct hybrid populations evolved independently towards the same direction, suggesting hybridization is ...

What if I told you ants might be able to make delicious yogurt? NPR's Regina Barber reports on a study out of Denmark that put a traditional fermenting method to the test. REGINA BARBER, BYLINE: ...