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By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC Nature Ant colonies - one of nature's most ancient and efficient societies - are able to form a ...

When eight bizarrely big-headed soldier ants turned up in a wild colony collected from Long Island, N.Y., scientists knew they had found som...

One of the world's worst invasive species, the Argentine ant, is mysteriously disappearing from New Zealand. The Argentine ant poses a ...

ScienceDaily (Oct. 20, 2011) — Studies of ant populations in Borneo reveal an unexpected resilience to areas of rainforest degraded by rep...

As the sole reproducer in a colony, ant queens are traditionally considered lone figures. However, in certain species unrelated queens will...

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20630-zoologger-the-first-nonhuman-meat-farmers.html If biologists' best guess proves correct, the...

Updated: 2011-05-30 08:51 A 16-year-old girl in Taiwan had more than 30 ants in her ears because of her fancy for snacks. Recently her ears ...

U of A researcher found 89 species By Hanneke Brooymans, Edmonton Journal January 21, 2011 EDMONTON — Alberta is crawling with more than tw...

U of A researcher found 89 species By Hanneke Brooymans, Edmonton Journal January 21, 2011 EDMONTON — Alberta is crawling with more than tw...

Slavemaker ants prefer to target the strong over the weak when seeking new servants, researchers have found. Ants were observed actively cho...

Slavemaker ants prefer to target the strong over the weak when seeking new servants, researchers have found. Ants were observed actively cho...

This ant Bigfoot was unknown until more than 60 years ago, when it was discovered by a biologist in Concord, N.C., and named as a new specie...

This ant Bigfoot was unknown until more than 60 years ago, when it was discovered by a biologist in Concord, N.C., and named as a new specie...

August 27th, 2010 An international collaboration of scientists has just released the results of a new investigation, which managed to sequ...

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/shortsharpscience/2010/08/ant-with-a-fungus-growing-out.html Fossilised mind control, 48 million years ago...

Trent FM noticed huge swarms of flying ants in Nottingham city centre on Monday night and now we know why, it's their mini mating season...

ScienceDaily (Mar. 9, 2010 ) — Scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena have investigated another navigational sk...

RIGHT: A rare type of Rove Beetle has been spotted at Blakeney Point Two species of beetle that are new to Norfolk have been discovered as p...

Broadly speaking, ants have two different feeding strategies. A large proportion of all species are "carnivorous," meaning that th...

Broadly speaking, ants have two different feeding strategies. A large proportion of all species are "carnivorous," meaning that th...