A recent study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that, despite their outsized ecological impact ...

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Ants send messages to colony members through odor compounds that contain alkenes, chemicals that help nestmates recognize one ...

And then there’s Sceptobius lativentris. Parker’s research revealed that the adult beetles turn off their ability to produce CHCs altogether. This likely allows Sceptobius to go stealth long enough to ...

Learn the difference between termites and carpenter ants, including how they look, the damage they cause, and what Southern homeowners should know to protect their homes.

A single queen in the tropics; large colonies in deserts; workers with uniform morphology in temperate regions; ant social ...

Air pollution may be turning ants against their own families, according to new research which suggests that such pollution ...

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...

Ants rely on scent to recognise their comrades, and when they are exposed to common air pollutants, other members of their ...

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats affected by air pollution are attacked when they re-enter the colony. The ...