Ants

Discoveries How ants gave up armor to build some of the largest societies on Earth

New research shows ants evolved larger colonies and more species by making individual workers cheaper and less heavily armored.

Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Health Dying for the nest: Sick ants choose the colony over life Rebecca Shavit

Space Asteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs turned ants into farmers 66 million years ago

Discoveries Brain-altering parasite turns ants into zombies

Good News Ants can “sniff out” cancer!