Asian honeybees protect their hives by making insect intruders go airborne. By Elizabeth Anne Brown Asian honeybees have an impressive playbook of tactics to defend their hives: hypnotic shimmering ...

Sicily is on the front line of Europe’s fire ant invasion. If it fails to contain the spread, more countries will be at risk.

Two winged clonal raider ants stand out against a white background. About a decade ago, scientists observing clonal raider ants spotted something strange: Although the species is known to be queenless ...

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, ...

The ant genome can direct the formation of queens with fully functional wings or wingless soldiers and workers — a phenomenon known as wing polyphenism. In the 12 July Science, Ehab Abouheif and ...