A new study published in Nature Ecology & Evolution has put to the test what happens when dominant ant species vanish from ...

Rise of the Zombie Bugs” explores how parasites create real-life zombies in the insect and invertebrate world.

Researchers in Brazil found a fossilized hell ant in a rock, suggesting the insect was more widespread than previously ...

A fungus not yet known to modern science was recently discovered in a remote savanna in the Northern Territory.

A piece of amber from the early Miocene was discovered in the northern mines of the Santiago Providence of the Dominican Republic and then deposited in a natural history museum, according to a study ...

Keeping an ant farm is a fantastic way to observe nature in all her glory. Ants are captivating, busy little creatures and ...

Talk to a climate denier — someone who believes global warming has purely natural causes — and chances are you'll soon hear the phrase "Milankovitch cycles." These, not humans, are responsible ...

Hay producers and vendors in the Lockyer Valley say regulations to stop the spread of fire ants have drastically reduced the market for their product and increased their costs, but they want to ...

Science writer Mindy Weisberger speaks to Live Science about the parasites that turn their hosts — whether ant, beetle or ...

Once the egg hatches, the ant has only a few weeks of life before it succumbs to the ... and continue its head-splitting reproductive cycle. Excerpted from Rise of the Zombie Bugs: The Surprising ...

Leafcutter Ants. Image by wollertz via Depositphotos. Grooming is an essential activity in ant life. Ants groom themselves frequently to remove dirt, pathogens, and other contaminants. This behaviour ...

Some of the most blood-curling forms of parasitism can transform the host — whether ant, beetle or caterpillar — into a zombie-like puppet that acts according to the whims of the parasite.