We are all living in a horrifying short story written by Italo Calvino in 1954: “The Argentine Ant.” O, yes we are. Red weaver ants move the body of a gecko across a painted surface in Laos, on Oct.

Researchers in Spain have discovered that in collectives of moving fire ants, rippling "waves" of density and activity are likely triggered by local regions where ants collectively travel in the same ...

Image Credits: Shutterstock/Feng Cheng. Homeowner says his neighbor's new misting system runs all afternoon, now constant dampness is spreading mold near his plants, as what reportedly began as a ...

A 75-year-old woman has denied poisoning her neighbour with ant killer. Sally Beaney, of Netley Abbey, Hampshire, is accused of using the substance to "injure, aggrieve or annoy" Matthew Perry on 13 ...

Accolade-wise, Anthony Edwards isn’t quite on the level of generational icons like Magic Johnson or Michael Jordan just yet. But where the 24-year-old draws real comparison to the NBA's biggest ...

Some coral reef ecosystems famously have “cleaning stations,” where fish line up to be cleaned by other species of fish and shrimp. Entomologist Mark Moffet recently published observations of what ...

Abstract: The development of multiagent systems (MASs) has given rise to a new type of traveling salesman problem (TSP), namely the multiagent TSP (MATSP). MATSP aims to find multiple routes with the ...

In the clonal raider ant (Ooceraea biroi), workers in a colony alternate between caring for larvae and laying eggs in a coordinated cycle. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology ...

The Antscan database captures the tiny insects’ diversity and shows how the world’s living things could be rendered in three dimensions. By Ari Daniel Ari Daniel previously reported on a tropical ...

An Iowa couple alleges years of harassment from their neighbor, including vandalism and intimidation. A criminal mischief charge against the neighbor for allegedly pouring acid on the couple's ...