Researchers at Nagoya University in Japan have discovered sophisticated behavioral strategies that enable parasitic crickets ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

Discovering white powder on your plant's soil can be both puzzling and concerning. As a dedicated gardener, I know how ...

While one would be hard-pressed to find virtually any similarities between ants and humans, the two species seem to share an unusual ability despite their seemingly unbridgeable differences—they ...

Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it's rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude.

South Korean researchers have created tiny magnetic robots that collaborate like ants, accomplishing impressive tasks such as moving and lifting objects far larger than themselves. The team at ...

Swarms of tiny robots guided by magnetic fields can coordinate to act like ants, from packing together to form a floating raft to lifting objects hundreds of times their weight. About the size of ...

Screwworm larva. Tusklike mandibles protruding from the screwworm larva’s mouth rasp the flesh of living warm-blooded animals. A wound may contain hundreds of such larvae. By John KucharskiTransferred ...

The kettle of hawks looked agitated. As they circled impatiently, one or two would suddenly swoop then fly off high into the cloudy sky. Below them, on a narrow footpath, children and adults ...