The exhibit includes a smell-based interactive, highlighting the range of odors ants use to mark trails, raise alarms and ...

Ants can get into your house through small gaps and cracks, but there are many natural and conventional ways to get rid of ...

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world responded with public health measures, including nationwide ...

Rock landscaping might make your garden look nice, but it can also attract hordes of ants. Luckily, there are ways to keep ...

After wrapping up the trip to Bulgaria, the team dissected the science behind the ant yogurt in Denmark. The ants carry both lactic and acetic acid bacteria. Acids produced by both bacteria help ...

In the U.S., all commercial brands of yogurt taste really similar because they're made pretty much the same way, using only two industrial bacterial starters. But this wasn't always the case, says ...

An invasive ant species native to East Asia has spread to every corner of North Carolina, and it can cause health and ...

Ants have evolved an acute sense of smell, which requires each sensory neuron to choose one scent receptor out of hundreds.

During disease, ants rebuild their nests with new layouts that block contagion - offering new insights into how design can ...

This story was originally broadcast on "Sunday Morning" on July 24, 2011. When most people think about ants – if they think about them at all – they think of pests in the pantry or on a picnic. But in ...

Carpenter ants are not squeamish when it comes to caring for the wounded. To minimize the risk of infection, the insects ...