Several insect species, including ants, honeybees and termites, live in highly organized societies, also known as social insect colonies. Insects living in these colonies can take on different roles, ...

The society you live in can shape the complexity of your brain—and it does so differently for social insects than for humans and other vertebrate animals. A new comparative study of social and ...

Even though social insects tend to live in super-tight quarters, colonies of such species are somehow able to limit the spread of contagions. Sandeep Handa / Pixabay via Pixabay License Given that she ...

This story originally appeared on Undark and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Given that she infects ant colonies with deadly pathogens and then studies how they respond, one might say that ...

Scientists say the pollinators' ability to find their way back home is vital to the survival of the entire colony.

When you think of a eusocial colony, insects probably come to mind, such as bees, termites, or ants. However, two species of ...