When army ants come to town, you move out, stay perfectly still, or die. They arrive in a part of the forest by the thousands ...

In this figure set, students use a study by Wrege et al. (2005) to examine the relationship between the army ant Eciton burchellii and birds that follow foraging swarms. Army ant swarms are one of the ...

(Much like termites, which cause far more severe damage.) Some species, such as army ants, defy the norm and do not have permanent homes. (Why invasive ants are a bigger threat than previously ...

Argentine ants have been found on six continents, from South America to Japan. Researchers are studying their impact.

"Ants are a Swiss Army knife," said Jensen, a biologist who studies the symbiotic relationship between ants and agriculture at Aarhus University in Denmark. "Kind of like a multitool for farmers." ...

By day this colony of army ants raided their surrounds, mostly hunting other ant species. At dusk they moved on, travelling up to 400 metres before building a nest for the night. Positioning his ...