ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Predatory beetles can detect the unique alarm signal released by ants that are under attack by parasitic flies, and the beetles use those overheard conversations to guide their search ...

I spotted two small insects battling on a rock. At first the gray insect was dragging the red ant. They moved very fast as I snapped several out-of-focus photos with my cellphone. Soon I identified ...

People were not the first farmers. Several groups of ants, and one of termites, were tending fungal plantations for millions of years before Homo sapiens strode the planet. But ants and termites are ...

As the weather starts to warm across California, ants will begin working their way into homes to survive. Ants are persistent. Ants are a nuisance. Ants are a pain to get rid of. The California ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world. Droves of ants spray formic acid produced by a venom gland at the ...

ANTS are known for their remarkably sophisticated colonies, coordinating their behaviours to transform a pile of dirt into a complex structure in as little as a week – but there are other ...

MANY of us can remember a happy song we sang in Sunday school, which ran: “God sees the little sparrow fall. It meets His tender view.” No one seemed at all sorry for the sparrow or concerned about ...