Some ants herd aphids. Some farm fungi. And now, scientists have realized that when an ant injures its leg, it sometimes will turn to a buddy to... Like humans, these ants can perform leg amputations ...

Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it's rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and ...

King Solomon may have gained some of his famed wisdom from an unlikely source – ants. According to a Jewish legend, Solomon conversed with a clever ant queen that confronted his pride, making quite an ...

While humans may think of agriculture as a uniquely human achievement, ants have been farming their own food for millions of years, a new study has revealed. Researchers found that ants began ...

Anyone who has dealt with ants in the kitchen knows that ants are highly social creatures; it’s rare to see one alone. Humans are social creatures too, even if some of us enjoy solitude. Ants and ...

What if I told you humans aren't the only ones that set budgets? Of course, I don't mean the kind of budget where you break down how much you're going to spend on takeout each month. Instead, I mean ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide.

The brain is the most complex organ in the human body. Now, a new study has brought us closer to understanding some of its evolution. It shows that human brains decreased in size approximately 3,000 ...

Be careful where you put your Zingerman’s sandwich this summer — you might just watch it get carried away by a group of children and their human-sized ant leader. Tuesday, the Ann Arbor Summer ...