Ants may seem harmless, but some species pose serious threats due to their venom, aggressive behavior, or destructive habits.

After being attacked by ants from a particular nest, ants behave more aggressively towards others from that same nest. A team led by evolutionary biologist Volker Nehring is investigating the ...

Where their activity has loosened plants, firm the plants back into the soil and water well. Good watering tends to discourage ants, as they prefer dry conditions. Ant nests (hills) can be broken up ...

The researchers from the University of Freiburg studied how ants interacted with members of rival nests. They designed controlled experiments to observe if ants could recall past interactions and ...

Fire ants swarm from their nests to attack humans and animals, defending their nests with nasty stings.

Red wood ants are typically found in Eurasia’s temperate and boreal forests. But in recent decades, more nests have been disappearing as the forests have fallen victim to logging, urbanization ...

Ants that encountered members of a nest from which they had previously only encountered passive ants were less aggressive. The results have been published in the journal Current Biology .

Volker Nehring, a research associate in the Evolutionary Biology and Animal Ecology group, alongside doctoral student Mélanie Bey. In the study, ants were repeatedly exposed to competitors from ...

Video released by the National Fire Ant Eradication Program shows how quickly the world's worst invasive pests swarm to protect their nests. House painter Joel Booker was lucky not to have been ...

Ants use odours to distinguish between members of their own nest and those from other nests. Each nest has its own specific scent. Previous studies have already shown that ants behave aggressively ...

Deadly fire ants have breached the Sunshine Coast biosecurity zone, with six nests found at a building site, prompting calls for more federal funding to thwart the pests’ march across the state.