Think back to a time you helped someone move a heavy object, such as a couch. While at first the task may have appeared ...

The nest's hinged flaps of silk at each end function as swinging doors. The spider quickly raises these when it enters or leaves the nest, before any ants can follow, too.

Weaver Ants Use Their Children as Cement | 4KUHD | China: Nature's Ancient Kingdom | BBC Earth ... Watch on (vi BBC Earth) Unlike most ants, weaver ants live above ground building nests out of leaves.

Honey pot ants have a unique means of surviving in the deserts where they live—they store excess food in the bodies of some of their workers. Honey pot workers gather food just like any other ...

Ant-egg soup is a classic: both an important source of protein and an emblem of rural life. The eggs are laid by red weaver ants, which nest in mango trees and coconut palms in April and May.

In the forest canopies of equatorial Africa and Asia, weaver ants construct spectacular swaglike nests of leaves stitched together with silken threads extracted from the colony’s larval ranks.

With excellent craftsmanship and mastery in art of weaving nests, these ants are an example of hard work. The nest is built within a span of 24 hours. It is water and weatherproof.