Ants

A gem dealer didn't need the long arm of the law to catch a diamond-stealing ant.

Could DIY antimicrobials made by ants help humans fight disease?

X-ray scanners and high-speed video captured views of trap-jaw ants' jaws in action — inside and out.  

Fire ants can build miniature look-alikes of the Eiffel Tower from their own bodies, and the insects perpetually rebuild the structures to save them from collapsing, a new study finds.

Trap-jaw-ant babies look totally bizarre.

A new species of ant, named after the band Radiohead, is dusted with crystalline white hairs and grows its own food.

Foraging ants navigate so well, they can even do it backward, a new study finds.

There's a silver lining for the male praying mantis eaten by his mate.

Scientists recently discovered a trap-jaw ant species that leaps with its legs, a behavior that is extremely rare in ants and previously unknown in the trap-jaw family.