It was a cloudy spring day in late March and the temperature was just above 40 degrees. After several days of damp weather and cooler temperatures, I decided to take a walk along the Ice Age Trail on ...

Spot an ant colony, and you’ll likely hop, skip, or jump to avoid their bites. Deemed useless pests, ants are often ignored or squashed. Yet, a delightful surprise awaits: ants boast a lucrative ...

A frontal view of an Aphaenogaster mariae worker ant. This ant species had rarely been documented, but N.C. State student Michelle Kirchner collected a colony of the ants from trees in Wake County. A ...

May 12 (UPI) --A Facebook group in which users pretend to be an ant colony has grown to more than 1.8 million members since social distancing procedures to prevent the spread of COVID-19 were ...

Ants and other creepy crawlers are a staple of summer, and you'll inevitably see them marching up and down the hot pavement. You might even find one or two in your kitchen this season. But let's be ...