Occasionally, ant colonies experience a phenomenon called an ant mill, leading them into a fatal death spiral. This phenomenon involves a group of ants, typically army ants, becoming trapped in a ...

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In this clip, we observe a group of ants climbing a mossy tree while carrying fresh green leaves. Shot in the heart of the Amazon Rainforest in Yasuni National Park, the ants appear to be unfazed by ...

Tarantulas are hairy so that the army ants cleaning their homes don't eat them alive, a new study suggests. The study, published Aug. 6 in the Journal of Natural History, proposes several new ...

A bullet ant (Paraponera clavata) photographed at night in Belize ... Image via depositphotos.com One of the world’s slowest animal species, the sloth, also resides in the Amazon rainforest.

Revealing the most interesting or memorable behaviour of any of the multitude of smaller animals without backbones – whether on land, in the air, or in water. By day this colony of army ants raided ...

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 ...

Few creatures can tangle with a velvet ant and walk away unscathed. These ground-dwelling insects are not ants, but parasitic wasps known for their excruciating stings. Now researchers have ...

An Amazonian ant that uses its own "herbicide" to shape its surroundings has been described by scientists. The team made the discovery whilst studying "devil's gardens", mysterious parts of the ...

In the fight against drug-resistant bacteria, researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton are enlisting an unexpected army: ants, bees and beetles. These tiny creatures could hold the key to ...