Ants

The mother held on to the pitbull for 15 "terrifying" minutes while repeatedly being bitten on the face by the dog, and on her body by fire ants.

In February, a consumer group ranked Britannia Hotels the worst hotel chain in the United Kingdom for the ninth year in a row.

Ecological battle with tawny crazy ants brought to an end with a deadly fungal pathogen that turns their fat into spores.

The species has gradually been spreading throughout the U.S. and poses a serious risk to ecosystems.

Multiple studies have pointed towards examples of sophisticated intelligence in some insects.

Azteca ants in Panama ran out and patched up the Cecropia trees they were living in after holes were drilled into them.

Also known as "the father of sociobiology," Wilson pioneered influential scientific concepts and was a staunch advocate for protecting the environment.

The trend has racked up a collective 80 million views, but experts have advice on how to avoid harming ants while doing it.

"They're kinda like discarded chicken bones," said Adrian Smith, who studies the Formica archboldi ants.

The ants had fallen down a ventilation pipe and survived for years by feasting on their nestmates corpses.

The ants can even make bridges with their bodies on water.

With the rise of globalization comes the inevitable rise of the alien ant.

The critters are particularly sensitive to other insects—and nosey researchers.

This kind of fungus that can linger and grow in an ants body for up to three weeks.

This is the first time a non-human animal has been shown to nurse its wounded, scientists believe.

The ceremonies could help explain human funerals, too.

No queen of the ant species had been seen since 1887; now many colonies have been collected.

Few species of ants have this ability.

These ants use two different body parts to jump forward and backward.

Kind of like the T-1000 from "Terminator 2."

German engineers also design lightweight robot butterflies and use insects as models for industrial robots.

Ants and other bugs will eat the equivalent of 200,000 cookies along a single median strip annually.

The incredibly rare species has a distinctive spore that looks like a brain-shaped clover.