Despite their tiny size, ants are able to accomplish absolutely incredible feats. They can build amazingly intricate nests, farm fungus, herd aphids, and even waging full blown wars on other colonies.

More tunnels in ant nests means more food for colony Date: October 20, 2015 Source: University of California - San Diego Summary: A study of the underground 'architecture' of harvester ant nests ...

The parasite doesn't attack the nest directly. Rather, the fungus leads ants to their deaths along the outskirts of the colony, creating a "sniper's alley" where the corpses can discreetly spread ...

Eventually a massive colony of wood ants took up residence in the soil over the bunker. There was just one problem: the ants built their nest directly over a vertical ventilation pipe.

In an ants' nest, food is brought home by only 10% of the colony members - the foragers. This food is then regurgitated and shared among all the ants in the colony.

F oraging in a harvester ant colony requires some individual ant memory. The ants search for scattered seeds and do not use pheromone signals; if an ant finds a seed, there is no point recruiting ...

Ants may respond to disturbances in their nest as one highly organized 'superorganism', according to a study published Nov. 11, 2015, in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Thomas O'Shea-Wheller ...

The ant in the red circle has lost two of its legs, and here you can see other ants picking it up to carry it back to the safety of the nest. There, it will recover full running ability within 24 ...

Authorities use DNA testing and tracing to work out the origin of fire ants found more than 700 kilometres outside the ...

A UC San Diego study of the underground 'architecture' of harvester ant nests has found that the more connected the chambers an ant colony builds near the surface entrance, the faster the ants are ...