By encoding biological principles into machines, swarm robotics enables autonomous robots to work together, enhancing ...

Ant hills spread quickly, but these three simple methods eliminate colonies before they take over your entire yard.

Ant hills spread quickly, but these three simple methods eliminate colonies before they take over your entire yard.

Every organism you have ever seen, every ecosystem you have ever walked through, is the ongoing output of an algorithm that ...

Imagine trying to build a house without a blueprint, find a shortcut through an unfamiliar city without a map, or govern a large organization with no leaders and no meetings. It sounds impossible. Yet ...

This video details the growth and development of a Western Harvester Ant colony over 30 days, showcasing their expansion from a small tube to a thriving community. It documents their lifestyle, ...

A rare Japanese ant is the only species known to lack female workers and males; all of its young develop into parasitic queens that try to take over other colonies. A rare ant species in Japan has no ...

Some butterfly species can’t grow unless they trick ants into taking them home with a complex rhythmic signal. By Rebecca Dzombak Rebecca Dzombak has reported on parasitic ant queens and the number of ...

Life may look like a paradise for beetles living in ant colonies. Plump, wriggling ant larvae and helpless eggs sit waiting to be devoured, while hundreds of thousands of ants stand at the ready to ...

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the colony. This signal prompts worker ants to open the pupae’s cocoons and ...