Each Argentine ant colony has multiple queens, allowing the colony to expand rapidly both in population and territorial control. Today, native Californian ant species like harvester ants and ...

NARRATOR:'Do you know what these tiny little creatures are? Yes, they're ants! NARRATOR:'There are lots of different types of ant, NARRATOR:'and they live all over the world. These ones are from ...

And yet, a colony of up to 250,000 ... Their mother, the queen, roams around the nest while laying 1,500 eggs a day! Now, all those baby ants need to live in a narrow temperature range to grow ...

while worker ants typically only live for a few months. This extraordinary longevity allows the queen to produce thousands of offspring during her lifetime, ensuring the colony’s continuity.

It’s good to be the queen—the ant queen, that is—because mating ... don’t just hunt food—they farm it. They often live alongside colonies of aphids, which secrete a substance called ...

ADAM:'Our ant colony will only ever have one queen living in it ... what's gonna happen is that the workers that are there are gonna live their lives but there's gonna be no one to replace ...

Ants live in a caste system, where individuals have specific jobs. The queen lays the eggs while female workers look after the queen, eggs and larvae. They also gather food, enlarge the nest and ...

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 ...

Each ant has a specific role to play, and this division of labor is essential for the colony’s success. The queen, often thought of as the ruler, is actually more of a reproductive machine.

Uncover the surprising world of ant behavior and memory. Discover how tiny ant brains can hold lasting grudges against rival colonies.

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to ... ants typically live in structured nest communities ...