Ants marching across the yard might look like tiny road crews at work, but these little engineers are sending messages that go far beyond simple foraging. Their trails are more than lines of organized ...

Ants are emerging this spring, seeking food and shelter in homes. Experts share tips to prevent and treat infestations.

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Ants living in the soil of your plants are a problem that most people have experienced; however, these creatures do more than just annoy you, as they can dig tunnels in the soil, disturb the roots, ...

Tiny ants could affect carbon storage in the soil and alter the global climate balance, according to scientists.

A new study shows that biochar, widely promoted as a climate-smart soil amendment, can significantly reshape the social lives of ants, with cascading effects on ecosystem functioning. The findings ...

If an infection takes hold in an ants’ nest, it could spell disaster for the whole colony. But some worker ants appear to have a workaround for that. When exposed to a pathogen, black garden ants ...

Ants make a series of clever architectural adjustments to their nests to prevent the spread of disease, University of Bristol research has uncovered. The study, published today (Thursday, 16 October) ...