This won’t be a festive column despite the season. I usually try to foster joy and goodwill with my words right about now, and the subject of ants which line their nests with the heads of their ...

New research describes the behavioral and chemical strategies of a Florida ant, Formica archboldi, that decorates its nest with the dismembered body parts of other ant species. "Add 'skull-collecting ...

The nests of Florida ants called Formica archboldi are adorned with the carcasses of their enemies — namely, the heads of other species known as trap-jaw ants. How Formica archboldi acquire these ...

: Sources of ant derived antibiotics on the ant body. The three body parts most often in contact with plant tissue - the mouth, the legs/tarsi and the gaster - all contain antibiotic-producing gland ...

Leaf-cutting worker ants might look like they’d be helpless against an enemy soldier ant many times their size. But some of the smaller ants have a secret: Their entire body is coated with a thin but ...

Scientists are taking a closer look at a species of ant in Florida that decorates its nest with the skulls of other ants it has killed. As if that wasn't macabre enough, they have now discovered it ...

Saharan silver ants (Cataglyphis bombycina) can reach jaw dropping speeds of 855 millimeters per second, making these teeny scavengers the Usain Bolts of the ant kingdom. The species lives in the ...

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