The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

These nests typically have two or more species of ants in the colony, and can often be identified easily. For instance, many of the formicine slave-makers like P. breviceps are red ants that ...

red, or brown.” Like all ants, carpenter ants have a hard exoskeleton, dark coloration, and tend to be seen during an ...

Ants learn from past encounters, recognizing aggressive rivals and adapting their behavior to respond more appropriately in ...

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 ...

Red ants, often referred to as fire ants, are generally more aggressive than black ants. Fire ants can grow up to ¼ inch long and are notorious for their defensive behaviour when their nests are ...

Ants learn from past encounters, showing more aggression toward familiar aggressive rivals and less toward passive ones. This ...

After being attacked by ants from a particular nest, ants behave more aggressively towards others from that same nest. A team led by evolutionary biologist Volker Nehring is investigating the ...