Ants

Ants live for about a year on average, though the queen can live up to 15 years for some species. … Read more

Normal ant colonies typically house anywhere between 1,000 to 100,000 ants while supercolonies can contain millions of ants that live … Read more

Ant colonies are a fascinating concept. They may seem simple, but ant colonies have an intricate social structure. Ants live … Read more

Ants can both bite and sting you. Some ants do not physically ‘bite’ you. They just spit a little drop … Read more

Necrophoresis is a behavior observed in social insects such as ants, bees, wasps, and termites in which they transport the … Read more

Ants do not possess lungs. Instead, they have their own respiratory systems that assist in carrying oxygen throughout their bodies.  … Read more

Ants have a haplodiploid sex-determination system in which females are diploid and develop from fertilized eggs (sexually) while males are … Read more

Ants are superhuman in terms of strength. They have incredible strength. They can hold anywhere from 50 to 5.000 times … Read more

Ants engage in a process called parthenogenesis. Ants do not have sex to produce offspring; instead, the queen ant produces … Read more

Yes, ants have hearts, just different from the ones we see in humans. Ants are interesting creatures. They can be … Read more

Ants, like humans, have brains, although tiny ones. There are only about 250,000 neurons in an ant’s brain.  But even … Read more