Ants are among the most physically fragile insects on the planet, yet they dominate almost every land habitat and outweigh ...

To a bacteria researcher like John Wertz, germ is a four-letter word. “I cannot stand the word germ,” said the Calvin biology professor, “because it suggests that all bacteria and viruses are bad.” In ...

A new study shows how ants grow huge colonies by choosing numbers over strength and relying on teamwork instead of tough ...

Ants learn from experience. This has been demonstrated by a team of evolutionary biologists from the University of Freiburg, led by Dr Volker Nehring, research associate in the Evolutionary Biology ...

Analysis of 309 strains suggests that the genus Escovopsis originated about 56.9 million years ago, but did not begin ...