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 ...

Here’s how to manage ant hills in your yard and garden. You love working in your garden, and you keep your lawn healthy and lush by tackling weeds and grubs, mowing correctly, and watering the right ...

It’s called an ant hill and is made by an army of worker ants carrying bits of soil and debris in their jaws and putting them at the exit of the hill. If you watch carefully, you will see the ants ...

Two formica thatching ants or field ants on a dried brown leaf - David Havel/Shutterstock Ants: They're creepy, they're crawly, and they're generally a nuisance. They can also be tough to get rid of, ...

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 ...

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

Studying army ants for a living comes with certain occupational hazards. "They're very aggressive," says Isabella Muratore at the New Jersey Institute of Technology. "They have venom, so they will ...

A curious old folk practice claimed that contact with ants could transfer their energy and vitality to humans. This belief ...