One kind of tiny ant can serve as a monumental example for how to keep members of a community safe from pathogens. A new ...

Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions ...

America’s wildlife is as extensive as its landscapes, offering a mix of beauty and danger. While you might not come across a ...

The Ophiocordyceps unilateralis fungus has just one goal: self-propagation and dispersal. To do so, the parasitic fungus hijacks ants ’ bodies, essentially turning them into zombies.

“The Power of Poison” engages visitors in countless ways, from a staging of Shakespeare’s “Macbeth,” where three green-faced witches brew a poisonous potion in a bubbling cauldron, to an aquarium ...

Bull ants are unusually large, and have powerful, serrated mandibles and a stinger on their abdomen that really can pack a ...