The remarkable partnership between East Africa’s whistling thorn trees and their resident ants is well known, but now a new study brings to light the trees’ relationship with birds.

Army ants, with their large mandibles and painful stings, may prey on reptiles, birds, or even small mammals. Ant colonies are so tightly knit and efficient, they can pass useful knowledge between ...

Umkumbe Bush Lodge exclaimed Wednesday via Instagram. “This is when birds purposely sit atop an ants nest and allow ants to crawl all over and this assists with cleaning the bird of parasites.” ...

The fight is on to stop the red imported fire ant – one of Australia’s smallest but most aggressive invasive species.

Insects have long been prey to many species, including birds, mammals, amphibians and other insects. As such, they've evolved ...

Researchers uncover unique insect-plant relationship: ants and crickets pollinate and disperse Balanophora seeds.

There are over one hundred trillion ants on earth, approximately 14,000 ants for every human. If you weighed every human and all the ants, the scales would balance. The resin of conifer trees ...

Insects have long been prey to many species, including birds, mammals ... Let's look at some of the different ant stings you might experience this summer in Australia, and how to respond.