Pesky wasp nests can cause significant damage to your home, so it’s important to take immediate action if you spot one in or on your house. There are a number of ways to deal with wasp nests, from ...

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 ...

Researchers report that in the absence of visible landmarks, desert ants increase the likelihood that foraging nest mates will find their way home quickly and safely by elevating their nest entrance.

When ants have been exposed to a pathogen, they change the way they build their nests in order to reduce the risk of an epidemic. Nathalie Stroeymeyt at the University of Bristol in the UK and her ...

Could ants’ nests hold the secret to reducing traffic congestion on the 405 Freeway? In a new study, UCLA biologists discovered insights about how ants build their nests that could be useful for ...

Although scientists have identified over 12,000 species of ants, you'll be relieved to know that only a few are likely to turn up in your house or garden. When you find these unwelcome invaders, ...

Ants are a common concern among homeowners, especially once they start building nests in your yard. With the exception of fire ants, most ant species do not cause harm to humans and pets, and they may ...

Ants build mounds in all shapes and sizes. Beneath those piles of dirt, ants are building their underground homes. That’s what I my friend Rob Clark, an entomologist who studies bugs on plants. His ...

Close-up of an ant nest in yard - barossa121/Shutterstock It is normal to come across an ant hill (nest) in your yard from time to time. Ants build the nests from beneath the ground and deposit the ...

Desert ants have outstanding navigational skills. They live in the saltpans of North Africa, an extremely inhospitable environment. To find food for their nest mates, foraging ants have to walk far ...

Ants can either forage for food as individuals or recruit other members of their colonies to help search for or carry food back to their nests. UCLA biologists found that the strategies ants use to ...

Nest features measured in this study, with a Dorymyrmex elegans nest cast as an example. Nest depth (green bracket) is the straight-line distance from the ground surface to the deepest point of the ...