The story of how tiny ants managed to push lions to kill more African buffalo shows how the arrival of an invasive species can affect multiple animals that seem to have no connections. At an animal ...

Ants from an African species dress the wounds of their fellow “soldiers” after their army’s fierce battles with termites, in a newly discovered behavior that researchers say is unique among insects ...

Four foreign nationals were last week sentenced for trying to smuggle thousands of live ants out of Kenya, with authorities there highlighting a global biopiracy problem tied to the exotic pet market.

Among the longest-living insects, the ant population could be threatened as extreme heat sweeps across the globe due to the deepening climate crisis. Earlier this year, heatwaves in parts of Gauteng ...

Throughout the tropics, ants and Acacia trees live together in intricate interdependent relationships that have long fascinated scientists. Now researchers are reporting that in Africa, this ...

The Red Ants showed up at dawn at the sprawling Mandelaville slum, eager to talk peace but prepared, as always, for war. With military precision, hundreds of demolition workers clad in scarlet ...

Zimbabweans grow maize urgently amid unpredictable food security.Flying ants (Ishwa) are collected as food after heavy ...

On comparing the approach of Asian central banks to international reserve and exchange rate management with that of the South African Reserve Bank, one cannot help but be reminded of the Aesop fable ...