Species with thinner protective barriers may need fewer resources and tend to have a greater ability to adapt to new habitats ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, University of ...

The research focused on Lasius neglectus, a species of garden ant. Unlike adult workers, which can leave the nest to die when ...

Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in ...

Ants produce diverse, targeted antimicrobial compounds that inhibit drug-resistant pathogens, offering insights for new ...

The researchers think the pattern they observed in ants reflects a more universal trend in the evolution of societal ...

Would you rather fight a horse-sized duck or 100 duck-sized horses? As silly as it sounds, the question captures a real ...

In animals, nature frequently oscillates between producing a multitude of less hardy individuals and creating a limited number of very robust specimens. This trade-off between number and ...

Mammals keep evolving into anteaters, eating only ants and termites, at least 12 times since the age the dinosaurs.

"Humans have relied on antibiotics for less than a century, yet many pathogens have already evolved resistance, giving rise ...

If you find that ants keep showing up and don't know why, check this area. If you're not cleaning it often, it may be ...

Ants living in the soil of your plants are a problem that most people have experienced; however, these creatures do more than ...