Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A red ant on a leaf Ants are, more often than not, relatively harmless bugs to have in your yard, but if their nest is tearing up ...

Finding a carpenter ant nest in your home is alarming, and for good reason. Unlike other types of ants, these ants excavate wood to build their nests. Over time, their destructive behavior can weaken ...

Illness usually brings trouble in the animal world. A weak member may be pushed aside, attacked, or left behind. Many animals go to great lengths to hide sickness. But for creatures bound by family, ...

Some ants have figured out how to keep from getting lost: Build taller anthills. Desert ants that live in the hot, flat salt pans of Tunisia spend their days looking for food. Successful grocery runs ...

If small mounds of fine, dry soil have started appearing across your lawn this month, you are seeing the work of ants, and ...

The young scientists learn about the life cycle of an ant. The life cycle of ants is described; the queen lays the eggs which ...

In Brazil's vast Cerrado region, Professor Luiz Carlos Forti and his team made a scientific breakthrough. They poured ten ...