Ants are among nature's greatest success stories, with an estimated 22,000 species worldwide. Tropical Australia in ...

Ants are one of the most common household pests in North Carolina. The insects can be a year-round issue, but you’re more ...

Now, there's one more type of tunnel inside the nest, but only a few ants ever use it. You see, someone needs to find food for the rest of the colony. But running around outside the nest is ...

ADAM:'The queen ant is the only ant that lays eggs so she's vital to the colony. ADAM:'She's put safely in the nest.' ADAM:Yep, she's in. ADAM:'Planet ant has two main areas the nest boxes and the ...

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 ...

Here's a look at the three species of fire ants found in the Tar Heel State. More: Aggressive behavior, crossbreeding are ...

Enthusiastically social insects, ants typically live in structured nest communities that may be ... which some experts believe constitutes a colony “memory.” This kind of communal knowledge ...

This story appears in the May 2011 issue of National Geographic magazine. If aliens ever do land on Earth, don’t get all huffy if their greeting turns out to be: "Take me to your ant." That ant ...

Prior to swarming, ants are going about their everyday business and living in a colony in a nest. Black garden ants nest in dry soil. You'll often find them in flower beds and lawns, and under paving ...