Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.

It’s not just humans who have trouble making amends—Earth’s 20 quadrillion ants aren’t quick to forgive, either. Ants primarily rely on their fine-tuned olfactory sense to differentiate ...

Evolutionary biology: Ants can hold a grudge Date: January 8, 2025 Source: University of Freiburg Summary: Evolutionary biologists are investigating the extent to which ants learn from past ...

Ants have extraordinary collective intelligence, their colonies weaving robust community networks and dividing labor. The social insects even wage war with one another and build complex ...