Most are mating and searching for a place to establish a new colony. Many male flying ants die immediately after mating, and not all queen ants survive to start a new colony. The good news is ...

During flying ant day, male and female winged ants, known as "alates," leave their nests and take to the air in order to mate ...

Males don't do any work in the nest and are only produced by their colony during flying ant season. They develop from unfertilised eggs. After the nuptial flight, the male ants usually only live for ...

After the ant that appeared off the Japanese coast was taken down, an autopsy revealed some interesting information about the ...