Noticing more of those tiny ants popping up in your house lately? Some call them ghost ants. Others refer to them as sugar ants. More on their actual name later. No matter what they are called, most ...

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Humans aren’t the only ones who enjoy the sweet taste of sugar. Many people head into their kitchens only to be greeted by a swarm of sugar ants taking over a sweet treat or sticky spill on the ...

Scientists found that a fungus called Escovopsis living in ant nests has a long and surprising history. New research shows a ...

One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new study shows how they do it. Some ant architects design a colony to cut the risk ...

This surprising discovery comes from a new study on Lasius neglectus ants. It shows for the first time that very young ants ...

A newly discovered 16-million-year-old fossil of an elusive “dirt ant” preserved in Dominican amber has stunned scientists and reshaped our understanding of ant evolution. The study, published in the ...

Ants are many things. They're hard workers and intensely social. They're quite strong for their size. And now they may also be a source of architectural inspiration too — for designing spaces that ...