The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world. Droves of ants spray formic acid produced by a venom gland at ...

It is the northernmost fire ant outbreak in Queensland since the world's worst invasive species was discovered and eradicated in Gladstone in 2016. Fire ants were first detected in Brisbane in 2001.

Instead of chemicals, an army of ants may march right in. Though most people view the small insects as little more than a nuisance, colonies of them are being deployed in orchards across a handful of ...

The deadly Sydney funnel-web is three distinct species – not one, as previously thought, scientists have confirmed. Spider experts have long suspected the Sydney funnel-web was more than one species ...

Tropical forests host an estimated 62% of global terrestrial vertebrate species on less than 20% of the Earth's land area and provide resources that directly benefit ~1.5 billion people throughout the ...

Australia has one of the world's highest rates of extinctions with about 100 species of flora and fauna lost since European colonisation. There were 42 new additions to the national list of ...

By contrast, forest regenerating from agricultural fields had lower bird species richness, with fewer insectivores and frugivores. Many Amazonian forest birds follow army ants (Eciton spp.) to ...

In this title, players must pilot their queen ant to gather food, upgrade it, level up their kingdom, and make the strongest army. This article highlights the latest codes in The Ants Underground ...

New research reveals that damage to these environments is pushing freshwater animals to the edge of extinction, with 24% of species in danger of being wiped out. Thousands of fish, crab and ...

Renée Zellweger will go anywhere for love. The two-time Oscar winner offered a rare glimpse into her relationship with Ant Anstead, sharing that she planted roots outside of Hollywood to stay ...

Crickets are parasites—for some ant colonies. The species of ant crickets from the Myrmecophilus genus can infiltrate ant colonies, despite the potentially lethal defences that ants have ...

A million years ago, a species known as Homo erectus most likely survived in an arid desert with no trees. By Carl Zimmer Chimpanzees live only in African rainforests and woodlands. Orangutans ...