Ants who receive a caffeine-laced sugary reward become more efficient at navigating back to the reward’s location compared to ants that only receive sugar. Researchers report on May 23 in the journal ...

Ant foraging behaviour is a paradigmatic example of sophisticated social coordination in the animal kingdom. Central to their success is the use of chemical signals, particularly trail pheromones, ...

Numerous authors have studied the diet of the Eastern Red-backed Salamander (Plethodon dnereus) and have described this species as a generalist predator of invertebrates. In most studies, prey taxa ...

Researchers report that in the absence of visible landmarks, desert ants increase the likelihood that foraging nest mates will find their way home quickly and safely by elevating their nest entrance.

Argentine ants have been able to displace native ant species in large part because of their aggressive foraging for sugar and other carbohydrates. However, when they've been deprived of food and ...

What food is sweeter than sugar? Urine. At least, if you are an Australian sugar ant, that is. Sugar ants, Camponotus terebrans, are named for their taste for sweetness. But an experiment conducted by ...

It might seem like common sense that a starving animal is more likely to take dangerous risks to obtain food than one with a full belly. But new research from UCLA shows that groups of Argentine ants, ...