Asian needle ants may be small, but this invasive ant species represents a serious ecological threat to North America. Here's ...

In the wild, appearances can be deceiving, and today's story proves just that. You’d never expect a solitary anteater to face off with one of the animal kingdom’s most feared predators, a leopard, and ...

Researchers thought colder temperatures and higher elevations could stop the march of invasive fire ants. Mother Nature had ...

Leafcutter ants live in highly organized colonies where every ant has a job, and now researchers can flip those jobs like a switch. By manipulating just two neuropeptides, scientists can turn ...

Humans are not the only animals that are known to bury their dead. From ants to elephants, we delve into some fascinating ...

The mind-controlling “zombie” fungus, which served as the inspiration for the video game and post-apocalyptic TV show The ...

Blue Ant Media has expanded its partnership with Foxtel, launching HauntTV and Love Pets as linear IP channels on iQ4 and ...

Animals were once considered mindless—incapable of thoughts or feelings. Topics. Week's top; ... The brain of an ant has a mere 250,000 neurons compared to the 86 billion in a human head.

The Miller Park Zoo is welcoming a baby giant anteater. The pup entered the world in the early morning hours of June 16.

Asian needle ants, now in 19 states from Florida to Washington, can cause severe allergic reactions and even death with a ...

Once mostly found in the Deep South, fire ants—especially the red imported fire ant and hybrid species—are now moving north ...

Business for animals in the entertainment industry — and their trainers — is drying up, as jobs move away from California and ...