The small industrious wood ant can do more than just build high nests in spruce forests. A newly published article in the ...

There are two main species of wood ants - hairy wood ants and red wood ants. Hairy wood ants are a northern species in the UK, but they are found as far south as mid Wales. They are less fussy ...

Wood ants play an ecologically dominant and conspicuous role in temperate boreal forests, making a keystone contribution to woodland ecosystem functions and processes. Wood ant taxonomy and global ...

In project SpecIAnt we study speciation and hybridization using wood ants as a model system. We focus on the recently diverged Formica rufa group wood ants, many of which occur in Southern Finland ...

Carpenter ants chew through wood to construct their nests. You might think that a tiny ant couldn’t possibly ruin your day, ...

Woodland Trust Scotland said hairy wood ants boosted carbon absorption in woodland, but they risk being overwhelmed by gaultheria shallon. Volunteers surveyed nests over the winter at the trust's ...

Ants secrete antibiotic substances and have a close relationship with bacteria that can combat various diseases according to ...

This video shows a wood ant running on a force plate designed to measure the tiny forces generated by each limb. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news ...