Regina Barber and Emily Kwong of NPR's Short Wave discuss an Earth-sized exoplanet, how ant colonies deal with disease and a possible link between volcanoes and the Black Death.

Scientists found that a fungus called Escovopsis living in ant nests has a long and surprising history. New research shows a ...

“By warning the colony of their deadly infection, terminally ill ants help the colony remain healthy and produce daughter ...

This surprising discovery comes from a new study on Lasius neglectus ants. It shows for the first time that very young ants ...

Kspeka joins host Robin Young to talk about ants, including the spiny queen, who invades colonies of carpenter ants using a ...

This powerful insecticide might be derived from plants, but it has devastating consequences for natural ecosystems, affecting ...

A genus of fungi previously considered a parasite of fungi associated with ants may actually have much more complex ...

Every clonal raider ant lives a nearly identical life. Each new generation of these blind, queenless ants is born at the same ...

Ants play an important role in the ecosystem. However, despite knowing they are crucial to our world, these little guys can ...

According to a new study published in Current Biology on Monday, Nov. 17, several species of parasitic ants have evolved a way to manipulate worker ants into killing their own queen — a form of ...