Weaver ants are some of nature’s most skilled architects, and in this video, we team up with AntsCanada to uncover how they build their incredible nests. Using leaves and silk, these ants create ...

On a tree branch in South and Southeast Asia, a quiet feat of engineering unfolds every day. Dozens of weaver ants line up along the edges of green leaves. Some grip the leaf margins with their jaws, ...

Few species of ants are more well-drilled than army ants; these disciplined drones live and die at the behest of their female ...

Certain ants appear to alter their nest networks to prevent epidemics, offering inspiration for disease control interventions in the human world as well. Ants are many things. Like, they're very ...

Ants make a series of clever architectural adjustments to their nests to prevent the spread of disease, University of Bristol research has uncovered. Study lead author Luke Leckie, a Ph.D. researcher ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Green ants build their grand nests out of leaves, which they pull and join together with silk. Amazingly, this silk is produced by their newborn ...

Ants are many things. They're hard workers and intensely social. They're quite strong for their size. And now they may also be a source of architectural inspiration too — for designing spaces that ...

Tanya Latty co-founded and volunteers for conservation organisation Invertebrates Australia, is former president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour and is on the Education ...