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Ants

I spy someone lurking in the whistling thorn acacia trees.

Ants Are Swarming Kenya’s Trees and Changing Everything for Lions

Even the smallest insect can impact the largest animals.

Jennifer Billock February 1, 2024

Honeypot ants feed on sweet nectar and death.

All Winter, These Ants Make the Ultimate Sweet Sacrifice to Their Colony

Their syrupy death is medicinal for humans, too.

Shoshi Parks December 5, 2023

Army ants, which travel in massive units, play a critical role in ecosystem health.

How a Lone Researcher Faced Down Millions of Army Ants on the March in Ecuador

Renowned entomologist Frank Nischk remembers when the determined insects tried to invade a field station.

Frank Nischk March 1, 2023

Hawai'i Tackles Invasive Little Fire Ants With Vigilance, Slingshots, and Gooey 'Sputter'

Across the archipelago, scientists and citizens are uniting against the tiny terrors, deploying an arsenal of creative weapons.

Ashley Stimpson December 14, 2022

Charles Henry Turner was the first scientist to prove certain insects could remember, learn, and feel.

How a High School Teacher Changed Early 20th-Century Insect Science

Systemic racism kept him from a position in higher education—but it didn't stop Charles Henry Turner from rewriting our understanding of bees, ants, and cockroaches.

Edward D. Melillo August 15, 2022

<em>Azteca</em> ants live within cecropia trees.

These Ants in Panama Are Masters of Damage Control

An incident with a slingshot led scientists to a greater understanding of the relationship between the insects and their host trees.

Jonathan Moens January 25, 2022

Giant ant models on the exterior of the Biology/Physics Building

Mansfield, Connecticut

Army Ant Guests Exhibit

A giant ant model welcomes visitors to an exhibit about symbiotic organisms that live with army ant colonies.

"Two Ants."

Stockholm, Sweden

'Två Myror' ('Two Ants')

Enormous ants wielding giant pine needles guard a Stockholm real estate company's office.

Deep in a forest in western Poland, is an abandoned Soviet bunker with an unusual ant situation.

The Saga of the Cannibal Ants in a Soviet Nuclear Bunker

And how scientists tried to free this formic Donner Party.

Sabrina Imbler November 20, 2019

What is this, coffee for ants?

The Secret to This Brazilian Coffee? Ants Harvest the Beans

The insects' trash is one farmer's treasure.

Rafael Tonon May 28, 2019

Fresh wasabi, nature's own fire ant fighter.

Scientists Are Fighting Fire (Ants) With Wasabi

What’s good for the sushi is not good for the Solenopsis invicta.

Rohini Chaki March 19, 2019

Anthill Cake

This beloved Russian dessert is the brainchild of Soviet-era housewives with meat grinders.

The Big Meat Ant.

Augathella, Australia

Big Meat Ant

Inspired by the local football team, this giant ant is meant to draw tourists to a tiny Australian town.

<em>Cataglyphis fortis</em> has a Michelin-star memory (for smelling foods).

Desert Ants Can Remember Food Smells Like Gourmet Chefs

But they quickly forget the smells of their own nests.

Matthew Taub September 24, 2018

<em>Ophiocordyceps</em> growing from an ant on a thin branch.

Climate Change Made Zombie Ants Even More Cunning

Your move, Hollywood.

Matt Simon June 4, 2018

Red ant chutney is often served on leaves.

Red Ant Chutney

Indian harvesters endure painful bites to make an intensely spicy paste.

Scrub jays, among other birds, like to rub themselves with ants.

Birds Rub Ants on Themselves, and No One Knows Exactly Why

It's called "anting," and it is weird.

Eric Grundhauser November 21, 2017

Some of these ants are working together. Others may just be watching.

So-Called Lazy Ants Are Good for Something, After All

Even shirkers have a place in the colony.

Natasha Frost September 11, 2017