Recent research in the Arabian Peninsula has substantially enhanced our understanding of ant taxonomy and the discovery of new species. Intensive field surveys combined with advanced imaging ...

Oregon State University research has identified the oldest known specimen of a fungus parasitizing an ant, and the fossil also represents a new fungal genus and species. Oregon State University ...

Attine ants make up a group of more than 240 known ant species that pioneered agriculture well before humans and nearly all other organisms in the history of life. They evolved more than 50 million ...

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

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

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