At first glance, the world of ants may seem far removed from our everyday lives. Yet, on closer inspection, they often face ...

Humans are not the only animals to have a dedicated health care system. Some super-organized ant species not only recognize that their comrade is injured but actually carry them back to the ant nest ...

A rare Japanese ant is the only species known to lack female workers and males; all of its young develop into parasitic queens that try to take over other colonies. When you purchase through links on ...

Life may look like a paradise for beetles living in ant colonies. Plump, wriggling ant larvae and helpless eggs sit waiting to be devoured, while hundreds of thousands of ants stand at the ready to ...

Abstract: Low earth orbit (LEO) satellite networks can provide wider service coverage and lower latency than traditional terrestrial networks, which have attracted considerable attention. However, the ...

Ant colony system (ACS) based algorithm for the dynamic vehicle routing problem with time windows (DVRPTW). For more details, see this paper "Necula, R., Breaban, M., & Raschip, M.: Tackling Dynamic ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Some ant pupae sense when they are dying and send a signal that leads to their own destruction, saving the nest from deadly ...

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The chemical alerts appear to be situational and depend on proximity to adult worker ants. While a single ant is a comparatively ...