Paleontologists owe a special debt to harvester ants. While crazy ants and the more familiar red fire ants get most of the attention for their impacts on local ecology, those invasive insects have ...

During monsoon season swarms of black and red unique insects -- known as harvester ants -- can plague Valley properties. "They're like an ant on steroids," said Brad Olsen, founder of Urban Desert ...

Well, the season of fall planting and landscaping is upon us. All about town residents can be seen working diligently in their yards to improve the landscape. Unbeknownst to most people, there is a ...

Ants are among the most recognizable, admired, dreaded and mythologized insects on earth. They are famed for their industry, work ethic, organization, militaristic skills and loyalty. Ants are also ...

I like to take my 6-year-old grandson for walks on my acreage in Callahan County, but I am always afraid he will stop in the middle of a fire ant bed. Consequently, I have spent some time showing him ...

Well, the season of planting and landscaping is upon us. All about town, residents can be seen working diligently in their yards to improve the landscape. Unbeknownst to most people, there is a small ...

[Credit: Stanford Engineering News] We all know that ants are amazing biological creations, but it was only recently that researchers discovered that a certain breed of harvester ants (Pogonomyrmex ...

Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two different ant species. A team ...