This study presents an important finding that ant nest structure and digging behavior depend on ant age demographics for a ground-dwelling ant species (Camponotus fellah). By asking whether ants ...

Now, there's one more type of tunnel inside the nest, but only a few ants ever use it. You see, someone needs to find food for the rest of the colony. But running around outside the nest is ...

Soldier ants guard the colony. They are very strong and will try to stop anything that attacks. Small worker ants collect the leaves and bring them back to the nest. And even smaller workers use ...

These nests typically have two or more species of ants in the colony, and can often be identified easily. For instance, many of the formicine slave-makers like P. breviceps are red ants that ...

Ants are tiny so that it’s nearly impossible to keep them out of your house, says Bertone. But these tips can help: · Remove ...

Enthusiastically social insects, ants typically live in structured nest communities that may be ... which some experts believe constitutes a colony “memory.” This kind of communal knowledge ...