After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

Learn more about a newly observed insect behavior in which smaller ants clean larger ants.

Mark Moffett, a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History, specializes in capturing the often-overlooked ...

A red harvester ant holds its jaws wide open while a cone ant barely a third its size crawls inside and picks the mouthparts ...

Last year, our entire three-flat building in Chicago had an ant problem. Small ants were climbing in through holes in screens or under doors and congregating in groups in each apartment’s kitchen. It ...

Some large marine fish are known to seek out distinct “cleaning stations” where smaller fish and shrimp eat dead skin ...

Scientists discover desert ants forming a rare cleaning partnership, challenging what we know about insect behavior and ...

Small honey ants are not considered serious commercial pests throughout most of their natural range. However, because they can enter households and other buildings, some people think of them as ...