Ants from Argentina have invaded the United States — and they're rapidly spreading across the West in one giant, mobile super-colony. Now, scientists say they've come up with a potentially ingenious ...

A supercolony of ants has been discovered stretching thousands of miles from the Italian Riviera along the coastline to northwest Spain. It's the largest cooperative unit ever recorded, according to ...

The invaders have overrun homes and jumped continents, employing tight family networks and singular group loyalty to achieve domination. Among a world of intricately diverse insect species, uniform ...

Europe has been hit by huge colonies of invasive 'super ants' are marching through the continent and causing chaos, experts have said. The species, called Tapinoma magnum, is native to the ...

A STINKING species of super-ant is storming through Europe on a path to the UK. The millions-strong mega-colonies have wiped out power supplies and even roads as they overwhelm the ground beneath ...

Ants are usually regarded as the unwanted guests at a picnic. But a recent study of California seed harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex californicus) examining their metabolic rate in relation to colony size ...

A few months ago, I awoke to find a streak spanning the length of my kitchen wall that looked like it had been drawn there ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

One supercolony nest in Switzerland is the size of 35 football pitches A STINKING species of super-ant is storming through Europe on a path to the UK. The millions-strong mega-colonies have wiped out ...