The cuticle protects ants from predation, desiccation and disease. It also forms structural support for the muscles. However, it is nutritionally expensive, requiring scarce elements such as nitrogen ...

Weaver ants link their bodies together to form chains while bending leaves to create their elaborate dwellings. Rose Thumboor via Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 In the late 19th century, the ...

Ants play a key role in forest regeneration, according to a new article. Ants play a key role in forest regeneration, according to a new paper from Binghamton University, State University of New York.

Queens of some ant species have evolved an unusually hostile mode for colony takeover: they infiltrate colonies of other ant species and manipulate the worker ants into killing their own queen — their ...