Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. ants swarming a drinking glass on a counter inside a home Discovering ants inside the pantry or on a countertop can be frustrating ...

It may seem like there are three ant types - little red ones, little black ones and big black ones. However, there are more than 12,000 ant types around the world. Only a handful of these ant species ...

A large greenhouse interior with tomatoes and lettuce - Olga Rolenko/Getty With so many types of ants you may find in the home and garden, it can be dizzying to remember which ones are good and which ...

Scientists on the island of Fiji have discovered a type of ant that plants, fertilizes and guards its own coffee crops. The industrious creatures have been perfecting their agricultural know-how for ...

Ecologists in Hong Kong have discovered three new species of ant and named one type after Lantau Island, with 10 more identified that were previously not known to exist locally. Researchers said on ...

Ants may be small, but they are quite rugged, especially in the face of extreme stressful situations like nuclear radiation.