New Ant Species in the Genus Paratrechina has been Discovered
Long considered to be one of the most species-rich ant genera, latest research has stripped the ant genus Paratrechina down to a single species — Paratrechina longicornis. This particular ant […]
Ants More Closely Related to Bees than to Most Wasps
Ants and bees are surprisingly more genetically related to each other than they are to social wasps such as yellowjackets and paper wasps, a team of University of California, Davis […]
Ants are World Travelers
According to a recent article in Biology Letters, “the numbers of introduced or established ants may be much larger than the numbers so far documented.” Lead author Veronica Miravete, from […]
33 Scary New Ant Species Discovered in Central America
Jack Longino, a biology professor at the University of Utah, recently published two papers describing 33 new species of ants. Nicknamed “the astonishing ant man” by his students, Dr. Longino’s […]