Not all carpenter ants (Camponotus spp.) are black. But the two species you’re most likely to find in North America — the Eastern carpenter ant (Camponotus pennsylvanicus) and the Western one ...

Sugar ants invade your home while looking for something sweet to devour in your kitchen. Although these unwanted pests are a ...

Carlos Castro holds a Pennsylvanian black carpenter ant in Ohio State's Biological Sciences Greenhouse insectary. His team studied a similar ant (the Allegheny mound ant) for its lifting ability.

The researchers from Nara Women’s University and other institutions said a whiff of a pheromone found naturally on the body surface of the Japanese carpenter ant, a native species, causes the ...