A team of scientists set out to determine how many ants live on Earth at any given time. The answer is astounding, to say the ...

New research shows that copying the actions of an ants' jaws could help improve robots grip. Researchers at the University of ...

There’s safety, even power, in numbers. One creature’s confrontation with the world seems insurmountable, almost impossible, ...

Ants are among nature's greatest success stories, with an estimated 22,000 species worldwide. Tropical Australia in particular is a global hotspot for ant diversity. Some researchers believe it ...

Researchers at the University of Edinburgh in the UK have built a prototype “hairy robotic gripper” that is inspired by the hairs found on ant jaws. Ants are not only excellent nest builders but are ...