Some ants have a bite that can send you to the hospital. The bullet ant’s sting is often described as the most painful insect bite in the world. Who knew such a small creature could pack such a punch?

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

There are over one hundred trillion ants on earth, approximately 14,000 ants for every human. If you weighed every human and all the ants, the scales would balance. The resin of conifer trees ...

Ants are fascinating creatures, and there are many surprising facts about them. Here are some: Ants don't have a designated sleep cycle like humans, but they do have periods of rest. Worker ants take ...

Ants never experience long sleep periods; instead, they take about 250 short naps daily, each lasting less than a minute. They are found all over the world except Antarctica and in cold weather, they ...

What is an Ant Garden? The leaf-cutting ants of Central and South America create their food supply by forming a mutually beneficial association with certain fungi. They grow these fungi on gardens ...

Other facts: Black garden ants don’t just hunt food—they farm it. They often live alongside colonies of aphids, which secrete a substance called honeydew that ants eat. The ants “milk” the ...