Picture an anthill. What do you see? A small mound of sand and crumbly dirt poking up through the lawn? A tiny hole disappearing into the ground? A few ants scrambling around busily. Not very ...

A close-up time-lapse of ants digging and building tunnels in the sand. An AI deepfake was final straw for a Washington state ...

It's fun to take your kids to the beach, but keep an eye out for deep holes that could bury them. Juan Silva/Photodisc via Getty Images While millions of Americans vacation on beaches every year to ...

The threat of death is no obstacle for some hungry fire ants. To escape drowning while feeding on sugary water, black imported fire ants built syphons out of sand that moved the water to a safer spot.

Ants are prodigious diggers, constructing elaborate nests with multiple layers connected by an intricate network of tunnels, sometimes reaching depths of 25 feet. Now, a team of scientists from ...

Nest building in social insects is among the collective processes that show highly conservative features such as basic modules (chambers and galleries) or homeostatic properties. Although ant nests ...

Trap-jaw ants snap their mandibles shut with one of the fastest movements in the animal world. Using a spring-loaded mechanism, they can bring their jaws together at up to 60m/s. That's fast enough to ...

WASHINGTON — A day at the beach can go from catching waves, to desperately trying to save a life. Digging holes at the beach is something many people, including kids do for fun. But experts warn that ...