Ants make a series of clever architectural adjustments to their nests to prevent the spread of disease, University of Bristol ...

During disease, ants rebuild their nests with new layouts that block contagion - offering new insights into how design can ...

New research found ants make changes to the structure of the nests where they live to prevent the spread of diseases.

For ants and robots operating in confined spaces like tunnels, having more workers does not necessarily mean getting more work done. Just as too many cooks in a kitchen get in each other's way, having ...

Ants are social creatures and live in a community, which are akin to human settlements. These insects are known to perform tasks together and if a new research is to be believed, then their ...

According to Noël Coward, mad dogs and Englishmen are the only creatures that go out in the midday sun, but Harald Wolf from the University of Ulm, Germany, would add another animal: Saharan silver ...

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 ...