Not every animal, insect and plant that is in Tennessee should be here. Take a look at some of the most invasive species in ...

According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...

Symbiotic relationships between species are both common and incredible, including those between ants and these four insects, ...

A strange invader is marching across the United States, born of two different species. Red fire ants and black fire ants have ...

The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

The New Mexico Department of Agriculture is moving to end a 27-year-old federal quarantine in Doña Ana County for red imported fire ants. These are not the common variety that show up around yards and ...

Ants may seem harmless, but some species pose serious threats due to their venom, aggressive behavior, or destructive habits.

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...

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 ...

Another beneficial species of beneficial parasitic flies that could potentially be used in the fight against problem ant ...

There are only two animals capable of transporting an object so large that it can only be moved by cooperating: humans and ...

Image appears here with kind permission.) An international team of scientists recently published detailed studies of a Brazilian species of velvet ant that they discovered to have superblack ...