Ants communicate and cooperate by secreting pheromones, or scent chemicals, that can alert others to danger or lead them to a promising food source. They typically eat nectar, seeds, fungus ...

You have probably seen leaf-cutter ants carrying bits of plants, maybe in a nature documentary, at a science museum or in the “Circle of Life” song at the ...

So far, entomologists have recognized about 250 different ant species in the Americas and Caribbean that farm fungi. In its most basic form, ants collect and spread fungi, defending their food ...

Humans began farming thousands of years ago, but a new study co-authored by two LSU professors says ants had us beat by ...

How is it that ants are always the heroes in children’s fables and movies, but when you find them in your kitchen in real ...

You have probably seen leaf-cutter ants carrying bits of plants ... back to their nests to feed a garden of fungi, which produce food for the ants. Researchers have now used DNA analysis to ...