The usually aggressive harvester ants would park themselves near the nests of the much smaller cone ants. They just stayed ...

After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...

Spring may smell like flowers to you, but to bugs, it smells like an all-you-can-eat buffet at your house. Watch out for these signs to make sure springtime pests like ants, termites, wasps and ticks ...

An international team of scientists from Queen Mary University of London, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Biology Centre ...

Scientists discover desert ants forming a rare cleaning partnership, challenging what we know about insect behavior and ...

Many of us think of bugs as creepy, wiggly little things that can bite, sting, eat plants and, in general, are a nuisance. Even the word “bug” is used in ...

Ants are known for many things. They fight, bite and sometimes compete for every crumb. We can now possibly add cleaning ...

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

Greater short-horned lizards shoot blood from their eyes — proving you really are what you eat, in the grossest way possible.

Some ants barely make it through the week—while others live long enough to outlast your pet. Here’s why their lifespans vary ...

Local outreach workers say they were unaware the family was struggling and would have provided food had they been asked ...

Asian needle ants are spreading in Mississippi. Their sting is more painful than a fire ant's and can be deadly. Know what ...