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

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

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.

If you like to avoid chemical pesticides or want a quick fix to prevent a full-blown ant invasion, you might look to vinegar ...

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 ...

An imported species of this insect has become a serious pest in the South. It is studied both to find means to control it and to learn how a species adapts itself to a new environment ...

Tanaka and colleagues studied this behavior in Myrmecophilus tetramorii, a brood parasite that sustains itself within host colonies by consuming dead insects and ant larvae. The researchers ...