When infected by a fungal disease, ant pupae actively emit a chemical cue that prompts workers to get rid of them for the ...

Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...

Keepers at West Midlands Safari Park have had a busy start to 2026 as they carry out their annual animal count. The important ...

Mice love to take shelter inside beehives. It’s a perfect spot for a mouse; warm and cozy with plenty of honey to eat.

This is the amusing moment a group of construction workers passed heavy steel panels, resembling a colony of ants. Footage shows 10 labourers positioned on each floor, carefully moving the blue meshes ...

These underground rodents are the first mammals found to actively choose air with lower-than-normal oxygen levels. Their ...

Like other insects, individual bees survive our harsh winters in diapause, overwintering in different stages of their life cycle: egg, larva, pupa and adult. Those individuals survive safe from the ...

Jack Black has revealed his regret at turning down the role of Syndrome in The Incredibles, admitting he shouldn’t have been ...

Diatomaceous earth is a white powder made from crushed ancient diatom fossils. Its sharp edges damage insect bodies, making it a useful garden pest deterrent.

Flow Hive turned home beekeeping into a consumer product by letting keepers draw honey straight from the hive through a tap, ...

Up to 20 million driver ants can swarm out of one nest and attack any living thing in the area. Read how they do it!

Young, infected Lasius neglectus ants will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal to worker ants, a new study finds, as part ...