Sometimes, the best way to handle an enemy is not to fight, but to fake. So it is with the hundreds of species — beetles, spiders, caterpillars and more — that mimic the forms or behaviors of ants, or ...

“From above it is difficult to detect the parasite, because the beetle closely resembles the ant’s abdomen,” von Beeren said in a statement. “When viewed from the side, however, it looks as if the ...

Ant colonies act like fortresses, protecting the bounty within from marauding invaders. Some animals have evolved blunt tools such as large claws to tear into the nests, but others have evolved far ...

When army ants stream into the jungles of Costa Rica, they leave death and destruction in their wake. These nomadic group predators eat everything from millipedes to other ants, and they even raid ...

new video loaded: How This Beetle Evolved to Mimic Ants transcript [music] This is the story of the tiny rove beetle — a little-studied insect that mimics ants and termites to live in and prey on ...

There are many beetles that have adapted to living inside ant nests, using them for safety and feeding, vampire-like, on the body fluids of ants as a source of food. But in a canyon in southern ...

Karma is very quick sometimes. Jet ants make their nests inside those of other ants, ultimately taking them over. But they are also victimised by pests of their own. Jet ants (Lasius fuliginosus), ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. How do you hitch a ride on an army ant? Try masquerading as an ant butt. At least, that's the ...

She hadn’t eaten in days. While her cousins in the next room over had eagerly scarfed down a smorgasbord of treats, she refused each item placed before her. And the situation was getting dire: If her ...

Moving around the rainforest floor can be tough if you’re tiny. But a newly discovered species of beetle has an ingenious method of getting around with little effort: it bites on to an army ant’s butt ...

Army ant colonies are home to a treasure trove of raided food and helpless juveniles that other insects would love to feed on. But one does not simply walk into an army ant colony and start eating.