A colony of leafcutter ants is home to more than just one species. Each year, studies reveal new layers of complexity in ...

Researchers have discovered that in a foraging ant's search for food, it will leave pheromone trails connecting its colony to multiple food sources when they're available, successfully creating the ...

What Are Pheromones, and How Do Ants Use Them? Put broadly, pheromones are chemical substances that animals release to influence the behavior of others of the same species. Ants produce many different ...

The ant scurries along on six nimble legs. It catches up to its peers, a line of antennaed bugs roaming the winding surface of a tree, perpetually hunting for food. While doing so, each unknowingly ...

Ants coordinate highly complex foraging and traffic systems without any leaders, relying entirely on local interactions and chemical cues. Pheromone trails encode information about distance, food ...