Humans are not the only creatures able to use tools or transmit culture, but we have one trait that makes us different from ...

Long before humans, leaf cutter ants mastered the art of farming. These tiny farmers harvest leaves to grow a fungus that sustains their colonies. Discover how ants invented agriculture 60 million ...

A captivating video has grabbed the attention of viewers, revealing how ants build a lengthy bridge over a stream to cross it.

In the fight against drug-resistant bacteria, researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton are enlisting an unexpected army: ants, bees and beetles.

Read all of the latest news and stories on TV presenter Ant McPartlin. Ant McPartlin OBE is one half of presenting duo Ant and Dec, alongside his friend Declan Donnelly. The pair, who met on Byker ...

Or are we? In a surprising new study, researchers compared the cooperative abilities of ants and humans using a geometric challenge known as the “piano-movers”. This task involved navigating a ...

While one would be hard-pressed to find virtually any similarities between ants and humans, the two species seem to share an unusual ability despite their seemingly unbridgeable differences—they ...

A team studying the group behavior of ants has found that, in the right circumstances, ants can outsmart humans in collective problem-solving tasks. Researchers from the Weizmann Institute of ...

South Korean scientists have developed swarms of microrobots that mimic ants’ collaborative behavior to accomplish tasks like transporting objects and guiding organisms. Credit: Device/Yang and Won et ...

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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.

Beavers construct dams and lodges out of wood and mud, creating habitats for themselves and reshaping entire ecosystems.