With a staggering population of at least 20 quadrillion, ants are by far the most common insects on the planet today. They can be found almost everywhere and come in different shapes and sizes. While ...

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

I put the small brown ant I had mounted (but never identified) under a microscope and peered down at it. Two huge, headlight-like eyes stared back at me. That couldn’t be right; ants don’t have eyes ...

Mention carpenter ants, and Declan McCabe, chair of the biology department at St. Michael’s College in Colchester, thinks about the time he got a lungful of formic acid. He had taken a class into the ...

Ants usually live in wood or soil outside the house, and only march into your house to gather food, particularly during the spring and summer. On the other hand, ants may live inside the house. It's ...

Summer is really hitting its stride, but with the sunny weather comes unwanted pests, and the most pervasive of these can be ants. Ants travel far and wide in search of food, and they famously spread ...