Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 6 in the Journal of Natural History, proposes several new ...

Enthusiastically social insects, ants typically live in structured nest communities ... Some species, such as army ants, defy the norm and do not have permanent homes. (Why invasive ants are ...

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

These chimpanzees live in open, dry and seasonal habitats ... “In the specific case of Dindefelo, knowing that army ants are an important resource for the chimpanzees, and the locations where ...