The closest thing so far to an ant census has been conducted by researchers at the University of Hong Kong. Ready to know how many ants there are on Earth? 20,000,000,000,000,000. That’s right, and ...

Almost wherever you go on Earth, you will find ants! The only places that do not have any are Antarctica, Greenland, Iceland, and some island nations. Not only are they widespread, but there are also ...

The ant world is an incredible, dangerous, and downright bizarre place. Some ants, though, are a lot cooler and more ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. (The Conversation) – Have you ever wondered ...

A well-known portrait of Edward Osborne Wilson shows the smiling Harvard professor hovering, like a benevolent god, over some models of his cherished leafcutter ants. The photograph serves as the ...

The ant photographs of Mark Moffett, a Harvard-trained insect scientist, are often compared to art. Moffett has a unique ability to capture the alien beauty of these deceptively simple creatures. In ...

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