Ants rely on scent to recognise their comrades, and when they are exposed to common air pollutants, other members of their ...

A research team from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has shown in a new study that ants returning from habitats ...

Whether you feed the birds or not, chances are that you have some of nature’s pests in your back yard. They could be of the animal nature or even plants that quietly can take over your yard!

Different smell: Ozone destroys colony-specific scent signals by breaking down alkenes with carbon-carbon double bonds. Even ...

They get their name from their erratic movements, especially while foraging, and are native to South America but spread to the southern U.S. in the late 1990s. According to the USDA, tawny crazy ants ...

Fungi woven into birds’ nests may not only help keep nests flexible and intact, but also control nestling-attacking parasites by releasing antibiotics and volatile chemicals. Baby birds, especially ...