If you notice an ant doing strange things with its heart-shaped abdomen — like raising it above its head — it's probably an acrobat ant. They usually prefer sweets and meats. Carpenter ants are the ...

They are less than 1/16 th of an inch long. The best way to tell them from pharaoh ants is to examine the antennae with a magnifying glass. The club on the end of the antennae has two segments in ...

Two myrmecologists, or ant scientists, weigh in on whether the ... NPR's Neda Ulaby trains a magnifying glass on the superhero based on one of the least individual, most collective creatures ...