The caterpillars of these butterflies develop special glands that secrete a nectar-like substance to attract ants. The ants ...

LSU AgCenter entomologist Aaron Ashbrook recommends a strategy called the Texas two-step. Borrowing its name from the country ...

The writer, producer and host of Somebody Feed Phil talks about eating ants in Tokyo, the legacy of Anthony Bourdain and the ...

About 99 million years ago, this horned "hell ant" was in the midst of devouring a prehistoric cockroach when it got stuck in ...

Ants can also play a key role in dispersing plant seeds: many feed on tasty (to them) oils on the seed coating, but leave the germinating part of the seeds intact, allowing new plants to sprout.

A large nest can contain up to 20kg of resin. Ants live in colonies which can have populations in their millions. The pressure of feeding so many mouths has made ants the masters of finding food.

and aphids that feed on plant sap and excrete a sweet "honeydew" that ants find delicious. One common instance of symbiosis teams up microbe and plant. Legume plants, such as peas and beans ...