When army ants come to town, you move out, stay perfectly still, or die. They arrive in a part of the forest by the thousands ...

Adriana Hernandez-Aguilar. A wild female chimpanzee, carrying her offspring on her back, stands near an army ant nest hidden under fallen leaves in Dindefelo, Senegal. Camera trap image courtesy ...

nest in wood and can be destructive to buildings. (Much like termites, which cause far more severe damage.) Some species, such as army ants, defy the norm and do not have permanent homes.

Plus, the queens and their offspring have been living in large, highly organized, cooperative societies—practicing activities from strategic army warfare ... how a weaver ant nest-construction ...

By day this colony of army ants raided their surrounds, mostly hunting other ant species. At dusk they moved on, travelling up to 400 metres before building a nest for the night. Positioning his ...