Ant Farmers
Leaf-cutter ants invented farming many million years ago, when they domesticated fungus. Meet the first mushroom farmers! More »
View ArticleAnt Ambush: Hunting on 6 Legs!
Researchers marvel at the traps set by ingenious ants to capture flying and jumping prey that might otherwise escape. More »
View ArticleAnts: My Family, Right or Wrong!
The Argentine ant invaded California 100 years ago, forming "super-colonies" that stretch hundreds of miles. Most ants attack nearby nests. Why have Argentine ants declared peace with neighbors? More »
View ArticleAssembly-lines don’t work for ants!
Specialization may work in factories, but it does not make ant colonies more efficient. As the conventional wisdom about social insects goes topsy-turvy, what's an ecologist to think? More »
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Enter the realm of the ants
Four more ants deciphered Using the tools of ultra-fast DNA sequencing, scientists have recently reported four ant genomes. Before you doze off, take a moment to appreciate ants. These social insects...
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Flight without wings
Flying: Birds do it. Bees do it. Even educated fleas ants do it! If you drop a worker ant from an Amazonian treetop, what happens? In the species Cephalotes atratus, 87 percent of the time, that ant...
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Ants
Synopsis: Ant Farming Four genomes for ants have just been decoded. The genetic information gives us a better picture of why ants are so successful, and helps us understand why leaf-cutter ants live in...
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