Zombie horror series The Last of Us might feel a little more real after you learn about a fungus that infects cave spiders ...

Symbiotic relationships between species are both common and incredible, including those between ants and these four insects, ...

An ant carries an unfortunate honeybee it scavenged back to the colony to feed a growing brood. The worker’s strength is sizable—enough to transport many times its body weight using its mandibles.

Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.

Ants seldom feed directly on plants, but they can sometimes damage plants in other ways. When ant colonies build their nests under plants it disturbs the roots and deprives the plants of water. They ...

Living with the enemy The jumping spider Phintella piatensis hangs out with Asian weaver ants ... By building specialized nests near the ants' colonies (thickly woven, cocoon-like structures ...

In 2002, researchers from the University of Tokyo discovered the largest ant colony ever recorded. They found a super-colony of yellow crazy ants, estimated to contain over 1 million queens and an ...

Renée Zellweger will go anywhere for love. The two-time Oscar winner offered a rare glimpse into her relationship with Ant Anstead, sharing that she planted roots outside of Hollywood to stay ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have developed to ...

Parasitic crickets, no larger than a grain of rice, have perfected a way of surviving within the heart of ant colonies. These master infiltrators don’t just survive – they thrive in what should be a ...