Ants are insects of the family Formicidae. According to National Geographic, there are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth—that’s 2.5 million ants for every human!

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

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

When scientists constructed a puzzle-solving task and pitted teams of people against teams of ants, the insects sometimes ...

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