Wasps are moving into plant structures once reserved for ants, disrupting a 10-million-year partnership that helps protect tropical forests.

If you spot a large, red and black ant in your yard, it may be a cow killer ant — but this name is misleading in more ways ...

There are 20 quadrillion ants on Earth —that’s 2.5 million ants for every human. Known ant species (members of the family ...

Child's keen observation: Hugo Deans spotted oak galls near an ant nest, sparking research into a hidden ecological interaction. Wasp mimicry revealed: Researchers found gall caps mimic seed ...

Habitats possess thousands, if not millions, of incredible intricate relationships that have been shaped by years of evolution. In Malaysian Borneo, this is apparent in hollow tubes created inside ...

If you’ve ever seen an odd-looking ant running across the ground, it might be a panda ant (Euspinolia militaris). This cool-looking insect is black with white spots, like a mini version of a panda ...

Wasps invading ant-plant systems are displacing ants in disturbed forests, potentially harming ecosystem stability and regeneration.

One summer day, 8-year-old Hugo Deans spotted a cluster of tiny, BB-sized spheres (galls) near an ant nest in his backyard.

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford. Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in ...