Ants use their own acid to disinfect themselves and their stomachs. A team from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the University of Bayreuth has found that formic acid kills harmful ...

If you have never seen birds employing ants for pest control duties, you need to take a look at this fascinating clip. At first glance, it looks like a great example of a symbiotic relationship and ...

SYDNEY -- "Crazy ants" are devouring the famous migrating land crabs of Australia's Christmas Island and may have killed off up to half the crab population in the past few years, a conservation ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. For the first time, scientists have identified an ant species that produces its own natural herbicide to poison unwanted plants. Stanford ...

Ants are neat: when they move into a new nest box, they spend the first days cleaning it thoroughly. Despite keeping the nest clean, using poison within the nest is dangerous and can kill unprotected ...

Health agencies recommend wearing insect repellent and loose-fitting clothing to prevent bites from mosquitoes carrying the fast-spreading chikungunya virus -- not rubbing ants on your skin, as an ...