Just like human societies, ant societies have a division of labor. Within a colony, some individuals feed the young while others are soldiers who protect the colony from intruders. New research ...

Narrator: At first glance, a fire ant hill — or mound, as it's properly called — looks impossibly small. And yet, a colony of up to 250,000 ants call it home. But here's the secret ...

NARRATOR:'There are lots of different shapes and sizes of ant in the colony. And that means that all the different jobs can be done, from the big to the small. They all work together as a group ...

The secrets behind ant colonies’ organization lie in their social structure, communication, and collective intelligence. At the heart of every ant colony is a highly structured and specialized ...

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 ...

All encounters were a thrill, but for me, the biggest thrill was encountering ... These nests typically have two or more species of ants in the colony, and can often be identified easily.