Lizards are beneficial visitors, helping control insect populations. Instead of removal, focus on making homes less attractive to them. Sim...

Homeowners often fear snakes when they see holes in their lawns. However, animal behavior experts reveal that the raised soil around a hole...

Lady beetles, often seen as garden helpers, can become unwelcome guests indoors. These insects seek shelter in homes during autumn. While b...

New research reveals a disturbing aspect of ant colonies: worker ants can be manipulated to kill their own queen. Parasitic queens employ c...

Life in nature is not just about survival. Organisms often help their relatives reproduce. This is explained by inclusive fitness theory. I...

Acacia trees and ants engage in a dynamic symbiotic relationship, with the tree providing resources and the ants offering protection. This ...

Remarkable animal behaviors emerged globally in 2025. Bumblebee catfish ascended waterfalls in Brazil, while Canadian wolves ingeniously us...

Red imported fire ants, Solenopsis invicta, exhibit remarkable survival during floods by forming living rafts. Thousands of ants link toget...

A new special issue in Acta Ethologica explores the diverse ways animals think, learn, and interact, revealing 'intellectual biodiversity' ...

Weaver ants in South and Southeast Asia build remarkable leaf nests. These tiny engineers work together, coordinating their pulling forces ...

Nature's architects build without blueprints! From beaver dams to termite mounds and ant cities, complex structures emerge as animals respo...

The United States is experiencing a surge in ant smuggling, fueled by federal staffing cuts that weakened pest control enforcement. Experts...

Researchers discovered a 16-million-year-old ant in Dominican amber. The ant, Basiceros enana, is the smallest of its kind. It shows the an...

A new fungus species in Europe, Gibellula attenboroughii, transforms cave spiders into 'zombies.' This fungus manipulates spiders to leave ...

Lepisiota canescens is already moving out of the forests into agricultural land and construction sites. And, supercolonies spanning as much...

The researchers have named the new family the Eorpidae, after the Eocene Epoch, the age when these insects lived some 50 million years ago.