A fire ant nest has been spotted at one of Australia’s most iconic World Heritage rainforests, sparking concerns about the potential threat posed to the region’s ecology by one of the world’s worst ...

Ants are among the most successful insects on Earth, thriving in nearly every environment except Antarctica and forming a significant portion of the planet’s total animal biomass. Evolving from ...

Ants are famous for their regimented and complex social behaviors. In the tropics, they are also famous for forming mutualisms with plants. Certain species of trees have conspicuous hollow swellings ...

As part of its epic 10-part journey across the American supercontinent, The Americas takes viewers into the heart of the Amazon, the world’s largest rainforest and a hotbed of biodiversity. It covers ...

People tend to notice flying ants all at once. A warm afternoon passes quietly and then, almost without warning, pavements, garden walls and windows begin filling with winged insects. They appear ...