Ants are emerging this spring, seeking food and shelter in homes. Experts share tips to prevent and treat infestations.

With an ant killer, you can help prevent these annoying pests from entering your home or overrunning the garden.

Ants are supremely social animals. They have an extraordinary ability to organize themselves and an inherent drive to ...

Don't let the wood-excavating pests make a mess of your home. Try these tips to eliminate carpenter ants quickly.

“There have been studies in labs that indicate coffee grounds can have some repellent effect on household ants, at least in ...

The invaders have overrun homes and jumped continents, employing tight family networks and singular group loyalty to achieve domination. Among a world of intricately diverse insect species, uniform ...

In humans, social complexity usually involves clear governance hierarchies, with leaders and middle managers directing our ...

Here's what you need to know about the invasive Asian needle ant and how to protect yourself and your family.

In a fascinating new study, researchers explore the ability of ants to store excess fat and pass it to colony members through lipid-rich oral secretions or unfertilized eggs. For perennial organisms, ...

In addition to widespread suffering and devastation, Hurricane Harvey has brought a plague of floating fire ants to the Houston region. “Floodwaters will not drown fire ants,” explains Paul Nester, an ...

Like a brain, an ant colony operates without central control. Each is a set of interacting individuals, either neurons or ants, using simple chemical interactions that in the aggregate generate their ...