Last year, our entire three-flat building in Chicago had an ant problem. Small ants were climbing in through holes in screens or under doors and congregating in groups in each apartment’s kitchen. It ...

Humans aren’t the only ones who enjoy the sweet taste of sugar. Many people head into their kitchens only to be greeted by a swarm of sugar ants taking over a sweet treat or sticky spill on the ...

New research offers fresh insight into how different morphological types and social roles emerge in ant societies, confirming that size is coupled to caste, with genes ultimately deciding how size and ...