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 ...

NARRATOR:'In a leafcutter colony there is a queen ant, and she is much bigger than the other ants. And her job is to lay eggs. NARRATOR:'Then there are lots of different types of worker ant.

As the name suggests, exploding ants are willing to sacrifice themselves for their colony ... really no different than the sacrificial actions scientists have observed in other ant species.

Dr George McGavin explains how the ant colony is organised into different types of ants, known as castes. Each castes is a different shape and size and has a special job to do. The soldier ants ...

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 ...

Different ant species play varied roles in your garden not all are harmful. Ants provide benefits such as soil aeration, ...

Fire ants might come in different flavors ... The most common fire ant species, the red invaders are a mix of lots of worker ants and one or several queens per colony. Workers only live a few ...