The Iowa State University's Entomology Department offers fact sheets and photographs for identifying ants and other insects in North America. On the companion Web site to the PBS series Evolution ...

If you've discovered an assembly line of ants trekking across your bathroom counters, it can be infuriating for a number of ...

“The name ‘black ant’ doesn’t specify a particular species,” he says. Identifying ants by colour alone can be tricky because the same species can vary in colour depending on the populatio ...

The ant Monomorium pharaonis (Linnaeus) is commonly known as the Pharaoh ant. This species is believed to be native to Africa, but it can currently be found throughout the United States.

As a child, do you remember sitting on the step as you watched the ants carry a bit of food across the sidewalk to their secret hideaway? You might have admired these little insects for their ...