pour a 50-50 mixture of dish soap and water over the ants' trail to kill any in transit and remove pheromones. This was an old trick of Kilburn's dad, and Kilburn researched the science behind why it ...

They may put ant-repellent barriers in place to ward off future intruders. They’ll also recommend that you move all the food in your home away from the ground and store it in sealed containers.

This story appears in the November 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Most animals seek shade when temperatures in the Sahara soar to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Saharan silver ants seek ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

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Simply placing as few as four live ants into a container of milk provides enough microbes, enzymes and acids to kickstart the fermentation process that creates yogurt. Today, most yogurts are ...

But insects beat us to it by millions of years. Various ant species cooperate with fungi, creating a home for them, providing them with nutrients, and harvesting them as food. This reaches the ...

It probably starts with her looks. You can’t tell her apart from the myriad of other worker ants on the screen at a glance, but a closer look reveals several battle scars crossing her lower torso.

When you reminisce about Command and Conquer, you likely don’t think about ants. After all, we’re not talking about SimAnt here. But Tower Five’s upcoming third-person RTS Empire of the Ants ...

Ant and Dec host The Prince's Trust Awards, celebrating the achievements of young people who have overcome barriers to transform their lives.