This story appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. It’s good to be the queen—the ant queen, that is—because mating does wonders for her immune system. When exposure ...

They usually stay outdoors in the garden, living in massive social colonies where everybody has a job, from finding food to caring for the queen ... to keep your space ant-free.

In the few weeks before the swarming event happens, you may see heaps of soil appearing above the nests. Ants live in a caste system, where individuals have specific jobs. The queen lays the eggs ...

There’s something so fascinating about ants when they’re going about their business, farming fungus or excavating complicated nests without any blueprints. However, when they show up ...

and fire ants will no longer be attracted to the bait. Puckett’s recommendation is to buy no more than you can use in a season: “Don’t stockpile it because it’s on sale.” An Advion ...

CHILD #1:How would an ant be born? ADAM:How would an ant be born? Well inside a colony there's a queen, she's a really big ant and she lays all the eggs that produce all of the ants in the colony.

There are over one hundred trillion ants on earth, approximately 14,000 ants for every human. If you weighed every human and all the ants, the scales would balance. The resin of conifer trees ...

Here, we share 5 tips for how to keep your hummingbird feeder ant-free without causing harm to any of the creatures involved. One of the easiest ways to keep ants away from your hummingbird feeder ...

These savvy tips using essential oils mean that while your space is kept ant-free, it will also enjoy a fresh, inviting fragrance. It's considered wise to not let any leftovers linger on the floor ...