After witnessing the interactions in an Arizona desert, a Smithsonian researcher suggests that the little ants picked off ...

In 2006, biologist Mark Moffett noticed an unusual behavior. The usually aggressive harvester ants would park themselves near ...

Mark Moffett, a research associate at the National Museum of Natural History, specializes in capturing the often-overlooked ...

Learn more about a newly observed insect behavior in which smaller ants clean larger ants.

A unique “choreography” between two ant species suggests a distinctive partnership in which one provides a carwash service to ...

In the deserts of southeastern Arizona, harvester ants congregate with serrated jaws agape outside the nests of much smaller cone ants. However, the nests’ inhabitants are not threatened. Instead, ...

In the Arizona desert, scientists have uncovered a bizarre and almost unbelievable partnership between ants: tiny cone ants ...

Ants are known for many things. They fight, bite and sometimes compete for every crumb. We can now possibly add cleaning ...

In an effort to immerse visitors in the history of World War I, the Moffett Field Museum created a mock-trench above ground.

When Charles Moffett left his position as a contemporary art specialist at a major auction house to launch his own exhibition space, in 2018, he didn’t have a plan. Beyond a first presentation—a solo ...

Diana Moffett always kept an old saying at hand in case she ever found herself having to say goodbye to Sonoma Chicken Coop and in need of some comedic relief. “I’m fleeing the coop,” Moffett finally ...