First, it’s important to note that red ant is a general term referring to color rather than a specific species. Just as there ...

Invasive ant species are becoming a problem ... and usually appear black, brown, red, or yellow. Ants look much like termites, and the two are often confused. Ants can be identified by their ...

Tortoises are preyed upon by many species, including the red imported fire ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren, a destructive exotic species now common throughout the tortoises' entire range. We surveyed ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

These nests typically have two or more species of ants in the colony, and can often be identified easily. For instance, many of the formicine slave-makers like P. breviceps are red ants that ...

Female velvet ants spend almost their entire lives alone ... marking the area's first sighting of this insect after an absence of over 30 years. This species has a red thorax with bold black-and-white ...