Sometimes, no matter what kitchen cleaning magic tricks you have up your sleeve, ants will still show up to share your food, whether you like it or not. If you don't catch ants in time, there's a ...

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 ...

Ants love to invade kitchens due to our everyday habits and oversights that turn the space into all-you-can-eat ant buffets. Spills or crumbs on the counter can entice ants to move in—and once they've ...

A hunter who got lost in a vast Australian desert managed to survive for six days without water by eating ants, police said. Reginald Foggerdy, 62, had embarked on a hunting trip last week with his ...

The ants known as Sericomyrmex amabilis are humble farming folk. They tend thriving fungus gardens across Central America; raise big, hard-working families; and are always happy to let a neighbor drop ...

Eating fire ants might prepare a lizard’s immune system to be stung by the ants, according to a new study by researchers at Penn State. The study comprehensively assessed how the immune system ...

Every few months, a post pops up on one of the various subreddits I follow with a desperate user showing off horrific photos of ants crawling around inside their gaming PC. That’s exactly what ...

Army ant colonies are home to a treasure trove of raided food and helpless juveniles that other insects would love to feed on. But one does not simply walk into an army ant colony and start eating.

Sun spiders, also known as camel spiders, aren’t actually spiders at all. They have a fearsome reputation and will prey on a variety of insects, ranging from wasps to silverfish. Although sun spiders ...