Two new studies show how climate influences behavior, communication, and genome evolution—driving adaptation in a ...

Abstract: This study focuses on the urban transportation system by using the ant colony algorithm and Dijkstra's algorithm, aiming to comprehensively analyze the transportation system by combining ...

At its core, life is about passing on genetic information, but the ways it happens from one species to another vary greatly.

“By warning the colony of their deadly infection, terminally ill ants help the colony remain healthy and produce daughter ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

This video exposes the astonishing ants that willingly explode to defend their colony. It reveals how their bodies are packed with toxic fluid that bursts on impact when enemies attack. Scientists ...

Abstract: Flying ad-hoc networks (FANETs) composed of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) which are serving in both military as well as civilian domains. The environmental changes and alterations in ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide. The scientist E.O. Wilson once wrote that ants are the most warlike of all ...