Humans benefit from caffeine in an assortment of ways, not the least of which is making that morning commute much more bearable. But a study recently published in iScience proves we aren’t the only ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. The Argentine ant is one of the most invasive species of ...

The classic thought experiment about a horse-sized duck and a hundred duck-sized horses is more than a joke. It captures a ...

The world's largest ant colony stretches over 3,700 miles. It succeeds, biologist Deborah Gordon says, because no ant is in charge. They... Why Don't Ants Need A Leader? Part 1 of the TED Radio Hour ...

A supercolony of ants has been discovered stretching thousands of miles from the Italian Riviera along the coastline to northwest Spain. It's the largest cooperative unit ever recorded, according to ...

Almost wherever you go on Earth, you will find ants! The only places that do not have any are Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, and some island nations. Not only are they widespread, but there are also ...

As individuals, driver ants are small and relatively insignificant creatures. But as a colony, they transform into a huge and ...

In sessile organisms such as plants and benthic invertebrates, founding propagules typically suffer extremely high rates of mortality due to both extrinsic and intrinsic factors. Many social insect ...