Add ants to the list of animals that can fly. Worker ants, the wingless kind. Scientists call it gliding, or directed aerial descent. But just as one might say that flying squirrels fly, so do a type ...

An ant’s normal mode of locomotion is crawling. However, at certain times of the year, something remarkable happens. At certain times, some ants in the colony develop wings, leave the nest, and fly.

This time last year, we were already into the early stages of what amounted to a four-month drought throughout our region. Most small to medium streams were dreadfully low and clear, making trout ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 101, No. 1 (March 2018), pp. 55-60 (6 pages) The tropical fire ant, Solenopsis geminata (F.) (Hymenoptera: Formicidae), is an invasive pest throughout most of the ...

A fly lays an egg inside an unsuspecting victim walking in the woods on a sunny day. Soon the egg matures and moves into the head of its prey, taking bodily control before turning the prey into a ...

For most of us, this insect is hard to understand. It is called a "cow killer", but it doesn't kill cows. It is called a "velvet ant", but it is not an ant. And to make things more difficult, this ...

Ants living in the tops of trees in the Peruvian rain forest have developed a unique technique to control their fall if dislodged. Even though the insects do not have wings, ants that fall are able to ...