From ants moving indoors to ants appearing in your potted plants because they hitched a ride from the plant nursery, there ...

These are “ant-plant” trees, which famously cooperate with fierce Azteca ants; the trees provide shelter and food to the ants, and in exchange the ants defend their leaves against herbivores.

(How these ants help find fossils.) One Amazon species (Allomerus decemarticulatus) cooperatively builds extensive traps from plant fiber. When an insect steps on one of the trap’s many holes ...

Ants — yes, ants — could protect apples, nuts, cocoa, and other beloved crops from disease and climate change.

How should I get rid of ants? Usually you don't need to bother. Where their activity has loosened plants, firm the plants back into the soil and water well. Good watering tends to discourage ants, as ...