One creature’s confrontation with the world seems insurmountable, almost impossible, but an army of those little creatures ...

A team of scientists set out to determine how many ants live on Earth at any given time. The answer is astounding, to say the ...

where he's survived close encounters with stampeding elephants and climbed some of the world's tallest trees to study forest canopies. But it's the ants, not the close calls or tall tales ...

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This story appears in the November 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Most animals seek shade when temperatures in the Sahara soar to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Saharan silver ants seek ...

Whether in the tropics of South America or in the native climes of Europe - the world of ants is full of surprises. The biomass of ants and humans in the world is about the same. Next to us ...

The estimate of 5.5 million species of insects is interesting. What’s even more remarkable is that because scientists have ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

Beneath his feet lies a vast network of tunnels and chambers, home to a huge empire of ants. It is believed to be one of the largest animal societies in the world, where over a billion ants from ...