Weaver ants have cracked a teamwork challenge humans have struggled with for centuries. New research shows that individual weaver ants get stronger as their group grows, a sharp contrast to human ...

In the tropical forests of Australia and Asia, tiny red ants build vast, hanging homes by stitching leaves together with silk. But scientists have now discovered that these ants, called Oecophylla ...

A new study shows how ants grow huge colonies by choosing numbers over strength and relying on teamwork instead of tough bodies.

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

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

As hospitals around the world struggle with dangerous drug-resistant infections, scientists are increasingly looking to ...

Red imported fire ants have earned a justifiably bad rap across the south and most Texans would be hard put to name a single redeeming quality the ants have. But a team of Texas A&M scientists and a ...