Key Takeaways Not all ants are bad for the garden—some help with soil health and pest control—but fire ants and carpenter ...

In the Formica ants, the single-queen and multi-queen colonies don’t seem to be splitting into independent lineages. Both forms of the supergene seem to be comfortably maintained as a “polymorphism” ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface ...

Most ant species send out scout ants to search for food for the colony. It’s the scout’s job to head out and search for food for the others. Once they find food, they return to the nest to ...

Under the feet of millions of New Yorkers, a species ... ants have so far been spreading naturally through mating flights — when winged ants fly away from the nest to form new colonies in ...