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 ...

And no creature exemplifies the power of collective will quite like the army ant. The term army ants, however, is not specific to one type of ant. It applies to over 200 ant species with ...

In Panama, researchers recorded army ants crafting living bridges to take the most efficient route along the forest floor. (Christopher R. Reid, Matthew J. Lutz, Simon Garnier, and the New Jersey ...