Some ants thrive by choosing numbers over strength. Instead of heavily protecting each worker, they invest fewer resources in individual armor and produce far more ants. Larger colonies then ...

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The trade-off between quality and quantity is a fundamental economic dilemma. Now, a team of British, American, and Japanese researchers describes how it applies to biology, as well. They have ...

How did ants take over the world? The answer may be skin deep. By Cara Giaimo Cara Giaimo recently reported on ants that had found a loophole in a fundamental rule of life. If life is a numbers game, ...

Has a crucial component to the development of human medicine been hiding under our feet? Auburn University Assistant Professor of Entomology Clint Penick and a team of graduate students may have found ...

Research shows that some ant species have learned how to treat their wounds, revealing one of the clearest examples of medical behavior outside humans. Medicine has been considered a uniquely human ...

Anyone who dismisses ants as just another pesky insect is missing some of nature's most jaw-dropping displays, including acts of disguise, architectural genius and female domination. And that's just ...

When animals face danger, they don’t all run or hide. Many have developed unusual and sometimes extreme ways to protect themselves, and these tactics often work surprisingly well. These creatures ...

A: I have seen some of those videos as well. My reaction is that if someone is stealing from your porch, they should not be able to complain if if turns out to be a booby trap. I also read, if the ...

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...