As global population rises and finite resources dwindle, farmers need new, more sustainable ways to control pests. Now, ecologists have found a safe, sustainable and cost-effective new pest... Read more
Ants equipped with venom antidote invade southeastern U.S. The English had the longbow. The Spanish had steel. Tawny crazy ants have their own formidable weapon—a protective acid sheath—that... Read more
Ants can lift up to 5,000 times their own body weight, new study suggests High hopes may help move a rubber tree plant (as the old song goes), but the real secret to the ant’s legendary stre... Read more
Scientists have successfully replicated the behaviour of a colony of ants on the move with the use of miniature robots, as reported in the journal PLOS Computational Biology. The researchers... Read more
Scientists have started applying lessons from how ants operate to the corporate world. The result: fewer meetings, more time working, and tasks completed much more quickly. Ants may free us... Read more
The invasive usurpers from South America have proved difficult to fight with insecticides and other traditional measures. Scientists hope the new genetic information will help. In 1907 Argen... Read more
