A rare Japanese ant is the only species known to lack female workers and males; all of its young develop into parasitic queens that try to take over other colonies.

For more than a decade, Evan Economo's lab has been using micro-CT machines to scan insect specimens. The resulting X-ray images help researchers study the form and structure of insects—a subfield of ...

A new high-tech scanning system is rapidly turning thousands of ants into stunning 3D models—building a digital library of ...

Few things are more frustrating than unwanted insects making themselves right at home in your otherwise tranquil yard or garden. Pesky insects like ants can damage your plants, weaken trees, and even ...

Study shows caterpillars match ant rhythms with precise vibrations, strengthening their chances of being protected inside colonies.

A frontal view of an Aphaenogaster mariae worker ant. This ant species had rarely been documented, but N.C. State student Michelle Kirchner collected a colony of the ants from trees in Wake County. A ...

Temnothorax kinomurai, a parasitic ant species found in Japan, reproduces asexually and all of its young develop into queens ...

If you were small enough to fit inside an ant nest, you would hear it as much as you would see it. The walls shiver with tiny footsteps.

Researchers have found that some butterfly caterpillars mimic the meticulously timed movements of ants to win their favor and ...