Deadly battles play out several times a day in the Ivory Coast’s Comoé National Park, leaving wounded behind. The fights break out when hundreds of African Matabele ants march off to raid a nearby ...

Though many ants spend their lives peacefully tending fungus farms and herds of aphids, others have it much rougher. Such is the case with the ant species Megaponera analis, native to many parts of ...

They might be close in terms of appearance but ants and termites are far from friends. These little critters share a hostility that can be traced back millions of years, one that often manifests in ...

Ants and termites have known their place as bitter rivals in the animal kingdom for more than 150 million years. Even today, as populations peak at some of the highest numbers in history, colonies of ...

Termites and ants may appear similar, and in some respects, they are. But there are very important differences. This guide will help you distinguish termites from ants, so you know what kind of bugs ...

Let’s say you’re out hunting with some friends, and all of the sudden you are all gruesomely attacked. One of your buddies loses a leg or an arm. As you’re running for dear life, would you pick up ...

For Zach DeVries, an assistant professor of Urban Entomology at the University of Kentucky who works with its Cooperative Extension Service, this is the time of year he gets the most calls about ...

Termites are notorious for the way they affect wood, eating their way into spaces that didn't previously exist. They convert the cellulose in wood to give their bodies nourishment. “In nature, ...

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