Ants are among the most dynamic of the “little things that run the world,” as the late biologist E. O. Wilson described ...

The Antscan database captures the tiny insects’ diversity and shows how the world’s living things could be rendered in three dimensions.

Ants trapped in amber reveal possible partnerships and parasites, offering a rare glimpse into ecosystems from nearly 100 ...

Some ants might actually not be ants at all, and instead be other animals pretending to be them. Pictures from a new paper in the journal Biology Letters show ants, other insects and spiders that all ...

Even at levels safe for humans, air pollution can disrupt the way some insects communicate with plants, and with each other.

A new high-tech scanning system is rapidly turning thousands of ants into stunning 3D models—building a digital library of ...

Learn what amber fossils can teach us about ancient ecosystems and prehistoric insects.

The flightless moth of Haleakala is one of the more dramatic examples of evolution in Hawaiian insects. Known to science as Thyrocopa apatela, this moth lives only on the barren slopes of Maui’s ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

These photos of red ants, also knows as fire ants, make the little insects look like they are performing a circus act. They balance giant seed pods from a Mimosa tree above their heads and hold onto ...

Researchers studied six pieces of amber containing fossilized ants with other insects nearby revealing an ecosystem in the ...