Zombies are among us. And these tiny undead creatures are everywhere. In this excerpt from "Rise of the Zombie Bugs" (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2025), author Mindy Weisberger examines the very ...
A paleoartistic reconstruction of the new species, based on the fossil and on a close relative species found in amber from Myanmar. Now, a team in Brazil has uncovered a 113-million-year-old hell ant ...
A colorful jumping spider mimics multiple species of ants, and its repertoire of impressions seems to help it scare off one of its fiercest predators. By Sam Jones Siler collingwoodi is a spider that ...
CNN — Around the world, a parasitic fungus transforms ants into "zombies." The fungus is like something out of a horror movie: The organism hijacks the body and brain of its ant host, mind-controlling ...
Deep inside an ant nest, some of the youngest members are primed to die for the group. When infection strikes, these baby ...
The scientist E.O. Wilson once wrote that ants are the most warlike of all animals. He said clashes between ant colonies could make great military clashes seem almost small by comparison. Sometimes, ...