Argentine ants attacking a larger harvester ants. The Argentine ants have become successful in California by cooperating across huge colonies. Argentine ants have thrived since they arrived in North ...

Humans benefit from caffeine in an assortment of ways, not the least of which is making that morning commute much more bearable. But a study recently published in iScience proves we aren’t the only ...

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Researchers have documented the largest ant supercolony yet, a network of Argentine ant nests stretching at least 6,000 kilometers across Europe. It’s “the largest cooperative unit ever recorded,” ...

We know ants form large colonies. In 2002, we realized one specific kind of ant formed supercolonies. And then, in 2010, we learned that they had formed a global colony— and that, without even know it ...

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This is a reading comprehension exercise for children. It was written by Susan Fineman, a reading specialist in the New Haven, Conn., school district. A supercolony of ants has been discovered ...