After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...

In the spring, ants are once again hard at work. Beyond their everyday presence, ants are also key model organisms in cutting ...

Mutualism is a type of symbiotic relationship in which both parties gain some form of benefit from their interactions. Many ...

A harvester ant typically approaches a cone ant nest and stands upright with her mandibles open (all worker ants are female).

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In 2006, biologist Mark Moffett noticed an unusual behavior. The usually aggressive harvester ants would park themselves near ...

Learn more about a newly observed insect behavior in which smaller ants clean larger ants.

Scientists discover desert ants forming a rare cleaning partnership, challenging what we know about insect behavior and ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been found to play a significant role in controlling behavior critical to how ant colonies function, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at ...

In many animals, including ants, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) ensures normal brain function by controlling the movement of various substances in and out of the brain. Now, researchers have made the ...