Some ants herd aphids. Some farm fungi. And now, scientists have realized that when an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy to... Like humans, these ants can perform leg amputations ...

Ant bridges, bee hives, bird flocks, fish schools and more all demonstrate how intelligent behavior can emerge from pretty ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A close-up of an ant crawling on a glass window with a blurred high-rise city building in the background.© A-Z Animals Most ants ...

Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it's rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and ...

Weaver ants work as a team to build bridges and create nests in trees. Nature has once again proven to be an efficient designer, showing time and again how ant teamwork is much better than that of ...

Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it’s rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and ...

A new study reported in Nature Communications has highlighted the dramatic influences that humans can have on ecology. This study has revealed that ants that have been transported out of their native ...

ANT ISLAND — A colony of ants and a group of humans are put to the same test. Conducted by a team (of humans) at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, two of the most prolific builder species ...

Ants may be small, but they are quite rugged, especially in the face of extreme stressful situations like nuclear radiation.

It's not just people who love the food in New York City. So do certain ants. The most common species of ant found on the pavements of New York City and in cities around the world has a taste for human ...

Ants are many things. They're hard workers and intensely social. They're quite strong for their size. And now they may also be a source of architectural inspiration too — for designing spaces that ...