Something crazy is spreading across Texas, and it may be so destructive that one day it will make Texans actually miss the hated fire ant. Crazy ants, so named because they move in all directions ...

Traffic scientists, specialists in nonlinear systems, and animal behaviorists have cooperated in a study of one of the natural geniuses of transportation engineering: the black garden ant of Europe.

With the tremendous amount of water that was dropped on the Houston area, flooding was expected. With flooding comes the problem of various "critters" trying to find safe dry ground. Fire ants are no ...

With the tremendous amount of water that was dropped on the Houston area, flooding was expected. With flooding comes the problem of various "critters" trying to find safe dry ground. Fire ants are no ...

As dozens of ants crawled up Jayme Necaise's arms, the entomologist braced for a bite. But the threat of a handful of escapees wasn't enough to distract his focus from the task at hand: transferring ...

TBH, we're seriously impressed. Okay, hear us out. If even if you're not a bug person--and, trust us, we aren't either--it's hard not to be impressed by this super synchronized team of ants as they ...

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Army ants build living bridges by linking their bodies to span gaps and create shortcuts across rainforests in Central and South America. An international team of researchers has now discovered these ...