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The Antscan database captures the tiny insects’ diversity and shows how the world’s living things could be rendered in three dimensions.

Before you spray, read this. A horticulturist explains why ants can actually protect your plants, and the safest way to ...

Ants are tiny creatures with incredible social structures, but their behaviors often leave us scratching our heads. While many of their actions have logical explanations in the context of their ...

The unusual life cycles of ants are deeply rooted in their social nature. Ants and other social insects like termites, some bees, and certain wasps live in colonies, in which most individuals never ...