There’s a new “insect specialist” coming to the Buffalo Zoo, and it has everyone talking. By adopting the anteater, the zoo ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

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The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs released a document suggesting that the renovation of two shuttered, historic buildings on its West Los Angeles campus will be the first step in a plan to ...

New research shows that terminally ill baby ants tell other ants to kill them, potentially protecting the rest of the colony from their infection. In a study published today in the journal Nature ...

A majority of the justices appeared supportive of arguments by a crisis pregnancy center that it should be able to challenge a subpoena from the state’s attorney general in federal court. By Abbie ...

When an ant pupa signals its imminent death caused by an incurable infection, worker ants unpack it from its cocoon and disinfect it, leading to its demise. Credit ...

Anstead shares his youngest son with his ex-wife Christina Haack Georgia Slater is a staff editor on the Parents team at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2018. Her work has previously ...

Dominion Energy says its upcoming $11-a-month rate hike is driven by grid upgrades and inflation — not Virginia’s rapidly growing data-center industry. Critics note that Virginia hosts one of the ...

A pesky pest has invaded Central Texas. The invasive tawny crazy ants form large colonies, taking out other species like fire ants, spiders and scorpions. Some Texas residents have reported spotting ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. This microscopic, parasitic fungus evolved to hijack ants’ ...