Caterpillars secrete a sugary liquid that assures recognition and protection from predators by a certain ant species, but protection became attack when the pairings were switched in an experiment.

In the hidden corners of the world, caterpillars and ants have a remarkably specialized and beneficial protection ...

When army ants come to town, you move out, stay perfectly still, or die. They arrive in a part of the forest by the thousands ...

Hugo Deans’ discovery, coupled with his father’s expertise as an entomology professor at Penn State, led to revelations about how wasps manipulate ants into protecting their larvae.

Larvae of other ant species spin individual protective cocoons of silk. Oecophyllalarvae donate their silk to the colony. Straddling the leaf seam, an adult uses its antennae to tap the head of ...

Escamoles, sometimes called ant egg caviar, are a delicacy in Mexico. These ant larvae can cost over $50 per pound. And when they're exported prices can double. But finding escamoles isn't easy.

She is the mother of all the ants. That means she lays the eggs, that hatch into the larvae which in turn, become the adult ants. ADAM:'The ants in a colony are not all the same. There are ...

One of the most interesting lifestyles of rove beetles involves the exploitation of army ants and termites. Those insects live in immense colonies and bring in prey for the larvae. They are ...