The engineering and defensive skills of red wood ants help the endangered species transcend its small stature in the natural world.

Carpenter ants chew through wood to construct their nests. You might think that a tiny ant couldn’t possibly ruin your day, ...

Carpenter ants vary in size from ¼ to 1/2 inch; they do not eat wood like termites, but they will excavate damp wood in your house to create galleries where they nest. Another type of ant you may ...

There are two main species of wood ants - hairy wood ants and red wood ants. Hairy wood ants are a northern species in the UK, but they are found as far south as mid Wales. They are less fussy ...

Wood ants, particularly those in the Formica rufa group, play a crucial role in forest ecosystems as keystone species. They are known for their mound-building behavior and their ability to ...

Visit BBC Webwise for full instructions There are two main species of wood ants - hairy wood ants and red wood ants. Hairy wood ants are a northern species in the UK, but they are found as far ...

In project SpecIAnt we study speciation and hybridization using wood ants as a model system. We focus on the recently diverged Formica rufa group wood ants, many of which occur in Southern Finland ...

It has been bitterly cold lately. With cold winters, our heating bills go up. One thing many people do to save money on home ...

If you weighed every human and all the ants, the scales would balance. The resin of conifer trees contains antibiotic chemicals and is harvested by the European wood ant to disinfect their nests.

Carpenter ants, which include more than a thousand species in the genus Camponotus, nest in wood and can be destructive ... so-called supercolonies that house hundreds or even thousands of queens.

There are about 60 species of ant in the UK, and they all live in complex colonies. The types of ant you see flying will depend on where you are. For example, in woodland you may see wood ants. All ...