An international team of researchers has built the largest three-dimensional database of ant anatomy ever assembled, scanning roughly 2,000 specimens in a single week by combining synchrotron imaging, ...

Scientists estimate there may be more than 20 quadrillion ants on Earth. Yet despite their abundance, studying the fine details of ant anatomy has always been slow work. Each specimen typically has to ...

Ants are among the most dynamic of the “little things that run the world,” as the late biologist E. O. Wilson described insects. They build complex communities, travel widely and are ubiquitous. There ...

I: ORIGIN AND SPREAD, PRESENT AND FUTURE RANGE: Prelude: And what do you do for a living? -- A quick tour of fire ant biology -- The species of fire ants and their biogeography -- An atlas of fire ant ...