(CN) — For creatures as tiny and generally defenseless as ants, communication between members of a colony is essential for survival. It has long been known that ants use pheromones to communicate, but ...

Ants can be found in nearly every location on Earth, with rough estimates suggesting there are over ten quadrillion individuals — that is one followed by 16 zeroes, or about 1 million ants per person.

Think of all the ways the people you know get your attention. An adult might shout your name across the yard. Your friend might wave his arms from down the sidewalk. Your teacher might tap you on the ...

(Nanowerk News) Individually, ants have only so much strength and intelligence. However, as a colony, they can use complex strategies to complete sophisticated tasks and evade larger predators. At ...

Humans benefit from caffeine in an assortment of ways, not the least of which is making that morning commute much more bearable. But a study recently published in iScience proves we aren’t the only ...

A team of researchers has developed tiny 10-gram robots that are inspired by ants: they can communicate with each other, assign roles among themselves and complete complex tasks together. These ...

A team of Swiss researchers with bugs on the brain has created an army of simple robotic "ants" capable of some impressive feats. The takeaway from these 10 gram bots, which are inexpensive to make ...

Earth's most successful creatures, ants, form vast, organized societies. The Argentine ant, however, has created an astonishing supercolony spanning thousands of miles across Southern Europe. Billions ...