Life inside an ant nest usually appears calm and organized. Ants care for gardens made of soft layers of fungus, and many tiny microbes live around the gardens. Everything seems routine, almost like a ...

Q: I have leaf cutter ants attacking my crape myrtle for the fourth time. I’ve used poison at the entry to their nests, and it seems to work for two to three months. They really like this crape myrtle ...

You can also get a bug's eye view of the ants' underground nest at the San Diego Zoo's Children's Zoo, something you wouldn't be able to see in the wild. New disclosures show Trump bought bonds ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama discovered that carrying oversized loads limits the ability to perceive the trail in leafcutter ants, akin to blind spots ...

Every day in the Panamanian rainforest, green fragments shuffle across the forest floor. Each piece hides a worker beneath it – a leafcutter ant on a mission. These insects are among nature’s most ...

We have all been in that situation: the moving boxes are large and heavy, but we are determined to carry them all in one trip, even if that means we can’t see where we’re going. In the tropics, some ...

Fermenting milk to make yogurt, cheeses, or kefir is an ancient practice, and different cultures have their own traditional methods, often preserved in oral histories. The forests of Bulgaria and ...

HONOLULU – October is Stop the Ant Month in Hawaii and a multi-agency effort throughout the month will encourage residents to collect and submit ants from their properties to help detect and control ...

Weaver ants’ feet have an incredibly strong grip—individual members of one species can, without slipping, hold an entire dead bird hanging off the edge of a table. And the mighty insects rarely work ...

The service will hold "talent panels" to retain aviation officers and warrant officers as pilots or to reassign them to other roles in the Army. By Patty Nieberg Published Sep 19, 2025 10:41 AM EDT ...