(Nanowerk News) Scientists in South Korea have developed swarms of tiny magnetic robots that work together like ants to achieve Herculean feats, including traversing and picking up objects many times ...

Longhorn crazy ants, named for their jerky and erratic movements, may seem chaotic, but they are actually very cooperative and efficient at retrieving food. A new study shows that through intelligence ...

Every summer, millions of flying ants swarm around the UK. Flying ants — also known as swarmers or alates — are not harmful, however, their constant swarming on 'flying ant day' can be irritating.

Flying ants may seem more formidable than their terrestrial counterparts. Interestingly, though, flying ants—also known as swarmers or alates—aren’t actually a specific variety of ant at all. Flying ...

There are over 12,000 species of ants. Most are seen as pests that invade homes and take over pantries in their search for food. The majority of these ants are found marching on the floor, up walls, ...

Footage shows dozens of ants taking flight in the UK on June 29. Here’s all you need to know on Flying Ant Day, including why flying ants swarm and where ants typically nest. According to the Natural ...

Among the tens of thousands of ant species, incredible ‘intelligent’ behaviors like crop culture, animal husbandry, surgery, ‘piracy’, social distancing, and complex architecture have evolved. Yet at ...

Army ants use their bodies to build bridges. Robots could soon take a cue from the tiny insect’s ability to collaborate. By Andrew Paul Published Nov 22, 2023 1:00 PM EST Get the Popular Science daily ...

This past week in my office, our summer interns wouldn’t go into their office because of numerous flies all over the place. They were not flies but rather swarming ants. Perhaps you have seen these ...

COIMBATORE, India — To better understand Equatorial Guinea’s tropical birds, ornithologists Luke L. Powell and Patricia Rodrigues scan the ground rather than the trees. They are searching for nests of ...

THIS is the remarkable moment a cunning ant manages to invade a nest and trick workers into killing the queen – only to take ...