Ants may seem harmless, but some species pose serious threats due to their venom, aggressive behavior, or destructive habits.

Bees, wasps, and ants belong to the order Hymenoptera. Bees feed on flowers; wasps hunt other insects; ants "feed on a whole variety of things," from flowers to dead animals, says University of ...

An ant that disappears into the forest floor, a bird that demands attention from mates—for these animals, an inky black ...

A velvet ant bite like “hot oil from the deep fryer” delivers an array of peptides that inflicts pain on insects and mammals alike.

Another reason why you might want to kill ants in your garden is ‘if they start farming aphids (tiny sap-sucking insects) for ...

Whatever they are doing, bees take their jobs seriously, be it pollinating plants or nursing their young. They protect their ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities ... consume resources, and kill other organisms. This damage adds up: From 1930 to 2021, invasive ants caused an estimated $ ...

New research has found an insect species with markings ... as a warning to potential predators (velvet ants are sometimes known as ‘cow killers’, because of the myth that they can kill a ...

As a child, do you remember sitting on the step as you watched the ants carry a bit of food across the sidewalk to their secret hideaway? You might have admired these little insects for their ...