The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world. Droves of ants spray formic acid produced by a venom gland at ...

Wood ants, particularly those in the Formica rufa group, play a crucial role in forest ecosystems as keystone species. They are known for their mound-building behavior and their ability to ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions There are two main species of wood ants - hairy wood ants and red wood ants. Hairy wood ants are a northern species in the UK, but they are found as far ...

It has been bitterly cold lately. With cold winters, our heating bills go up. One thing many people do to save money on home ...

The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface ...

In a body of recently published and forthcoming research, Jensen examined the antimicrobial effects of wood ants, a European field ant known for building dome-shaped nests in fields and open ...

There are only two animals capable of transporting an object so large that it can only be moved by cooperating: humans and ants. And not every species in the Formicidae family is capable of such a ...

Insects like ants heal their fellow species, and they even perform surgeries. Biologist Erik Frank is researching their ...

This installation guide is for Linux and Mac users. Windows users who wish to install using the Linux subsystem will need CMake and Git, and can then clone ANTs and compile using the instructions on ...

Black Country, New Road are back with a new album, Forever Howlong, their first since the departure of singer Isaac Wood in ...