The small industrious wood ant can do more than just build high nests in spruce forests. A newly published article in the journal Microbial Ecology reveals that ants combat a range of plant diseases, ...

On a rainy afternoon in late October, more than 20 three-to-seven-year-olds and their caregivers arrived at the Bunker Interpretive Center for the second week of Critters and Company. Nancy McIntyre, ...

Ants are many things. They're hard workers and intensely social. They're quite strong for their size. And now they may also be a source of architectural inspiration too — for designing spaces that ...

California is home to hundreds of species, most of whom benefit ecosystems through aeration, insect removal and seed ...