Ant societies rely on precise recognition systems to maintain cooperation, but new research reveals that these systems are ...

Summary: New research reveals that the ability of ants to distinguish nestmates from outsiders is a highly flexible, learned behavior rather than a rigid genetic program. Using clonal raider ants, ...

According to a new study out of Rockefeller University, the way that ant colonies make group decisions closely mimics the way neurons behave in the human brain. In other words, they follow a colony ...

Ants have a remarkable defense against disease. Infected pupae change their scent, alerting worker ants. These ants then ...

Earth's most successful creatures, ants, form vast, organized societies. The Argentine ant, however, has created an astonishing supercolony spanning thousands of miles across Southern Europe. Billions ...

Ants kill colony mates infected with deadly diseases when they are unable to prevent them from falling sick in the first place. In doing so, the ants protect their colony from the outbreak of an ...

The ant recognition system is flexible, allowing ants to learn and tolerate outsiders while still recognizing their own kind.