A rare ant species endemic to Japan has been found to be the only kind that lacks both workers and males, consisting ...

Temnothorax kinomurai, a parasitic ant species found in Japan, reproduces asexually and all of its young develop into queens ...

A study by Dr. Gianpiero Fiorentino and his colleagues, published in the Journal of Paleontology, describes the identification of a new species of ant, Hypoponera electrocacica, belonging to the genus ...

Temnothorax kinomurai queens survive by invading the nests of a related ant species and co-opting its workers.

A frontal view of an Aphaenogaster mariae worker ant. This ant species had rarely been documented, but N.C. State student Michelle Kirchner collected a colony of the ants from trees in Wake County. A ...

For years, Queensland authorities have been broadscale baiting fire ants. But the infestation is too big – and the baits wipe out rival species ...

Some butterfly species can’t grow unless they trick ants into taking them home with a complex rhythmic signal.

A stinging ant, capable of triggering potentially fatal allergic reactions, has been spotted in eight Mississippi locations, including a confirmed sighting in Jackson County. Mississippi State ...