These nests typically have two or more species of ants in the colony, and can often be identified easily. For instance, many of the formicine slave-makers like P. breviceps are red ants that ...

Each Argentine ant colony has multiple queens, allowing the colony to expand rapidly both in population and territorial control. Today, native Californian ant species like harvester ants and ...

In Frank's laboratory in Würzburg, an intern is currently handling glass bowls containing colonies of Camponotus floridanus, red-brown carpenter ants from the southeastern United States.

Symbiotic relationships between species are both common and incredible, including those between ants and these four insects, ...

Ant colonies are so tightly knit and efficient ... The ants are a significant threat to the island’s endemic population of red crabs, displacing the crustaceans from their burrows or even ...

In the wild, ants build their homes underground. And they live together in groups called colonies, like we live together in families and cities. NARRATOR:'Inside their colony, the ants are very busy.

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

There is also anecdotal evidence that flying ant days often occur after some summer rain. Prior to swarming, ants are going about their everyday business and living in a colony in a nest. Black garden ...

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 ...