The researchers from Nara Women’s University and other institutions said a whiff of a pheromone found naturally on the body surface of the Japanese carpenter ant, a native species, causes the ...

Despite their tiny size, ants are able to accomplish absolutely incredible feats. They can build amazingly intricate nests, ...

Pheromone-binding proteins have been implicated in pathways that promote species recognition 11. The pheromone bound by GP-9 in fire ants remains to be identified, but intriguing possibilities emerge.

“They are social insects and use a huge range of pheromones to communicate with one another,” Gooding said. After discovering ...

(Why invasive ants are a bigger threat than previously thought.) Ants communicate and cooperate by secreting pheromones, or scent chemicals, that can alert others to danger or lead them to a ...

The secret to ants' efficient traffic lies in simple, self-organising rules. They communicate through direct contact or chemical signals, known as pheromones, leading to cooperative behaviour that ...

ADAM:'An ant's sense of smell is vital to them, but they don’t use noses like us. They use their antennae to detect special chemicals that they lay on the groundcalled pheromones. ADAM:'To find ...

The researchers knew that the bees were using smell—the pollinators preferred feeding on flowers that didn’t reek of ant pheromones. But what about the birds? While the scientific community has long ...

Honeybees perform a 'waggle dance,' ants use pheromones, wolves rely on body language, and fireflies create light patterns. Cephalopods change colors, chameleons shift hues, and elephants use ...

Ants don’t actually have noses to smell with, but their antenna can detect chemicals called pheromones that are released by other ants. Some ants lay trails of pheromones to mark a path to ...