A perspective in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface argues that advances in AI, sensing technologies and modeling are ...

The blood-brain barrier (BBB) has been found to play a significant role in controlling behavior critical to how ant colonies function, according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at ...

Invasive tawny crazy ants have been wreaking havoc across the U.S. Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, disrupting ecosystems and causing headaches for homeowners. Now scientists at The University of ...

Professors from the University of Trento have studied ant behavior to understand how these insects navigate efficiently without stop-and-go disruptions, even in large groups, with findings recently ...

In many animals, including ants, the blood-brain barrier (BBB) ensures normal brain function by controlling the movement of various substances in and out of the brain. Now, researchers reporting in ...

In an era where technological advancement is primarily driven by modern machines and artificial intelligence, fascinating biological behaviors continue to provide valuable insights to experts. A prime ...

The queens in colonies of social insects, such as ants, bees, and wasps, are considered the veritable embodiment of specialization in the animal kingdom. The common perception is that the queen's only ...

Despite having identical genes, carpenter worker ants vary wildly in their behaviors and appearances. Major workers fight off predators and are bulkier than minor workers that gather food and tend to ...

In eusocial superorganisms like leafcutter ant colonies, labor is divvied up according to body shape and size, but Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor Shelley Berger and her team discovered ...

A few months ago, I awoke to find a streak spanning the length of my kitchen wall that looked like it had been drawn there ...