Ants

Viswanath Birje has been announced as the winner of the Royal Society of Biology's photography competition, for his image of ants feeding off honeydew excreted by a yellow aphid. Image source, Viswanath BirjeBirje, who captured the shot in…

A SpaceX shipment of ants, avocados and a human-sized robotic arm is rocketing towards the International Space Station. The delivery, due to arrive on Monday, is the company's 23rd for Nasa in just under a decade. A recycled…

Picture an anthill. What do you see? A small mound of sand and crumbly dirt poking up through the lawn? A tiny hole disappearing into the ground? A few ants scrambling around busily. Not very impressive, right? But slip beneath the surface…