Researchers in England report that a species of ants can use geometry to help find the way home. Pharaoh ants, native to North Africa and now a common household pest, follow a construction rule that ...

Ants can be helpful in the garden, but they can also harm your precious flora. Luckily, there are some ways to get rid of ...

Effectively managing sugar ants is essential because, while they're not dangerous, their infestations can become a household nuisance without proper prevention and control. Sealing entry points and ...

Cinnamon confuses ant navigation by disrupting their scent trails. It doesn't kill ants but forces them to abandon areas they can no longer navigate. Cinnamon's active compound interferes with insects ...

Ants are most active from March to October, seeking food, water, and shelter, and may line up to enter your house, kitchen, and pantry. These pests like to enter your home through cracks, crevices, ...

Overloaded leafcutter ants develop “blind spots” that slow their movement - showing how nature’s most efficient workers hit sensory limits.

The nectaries offer sugars, amino acids, lipids, and other nutrients to the ants. Once a scouting ant finds that nectar, she lays a scent trail back to her nest and recruits other ants to come to the ...

Few ant species construct cleared trails. Among those that do, leaf-cutting Atta ants build the most prominent networks, with single colonies clearing debris and obstructions from hundreds of meters ...

Researchers say that they’ve discovered a new kind of traffic sign on ant highways—a chemical “Do not enter” that lets the insects avoid wasting time on paths that don’t lead to food. Ant science ...