The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

The good news: Unlike hard-to-kill cockroaches, ants don’t carry diseases, and their presence won’t harm your health. But ...

“One scout ant will become lots of ants in a very short period of time,” says Benson. Fortunately, while there are hundreds of species of ants in the Southeast, most of them aren’t ...

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 ...