Long live the queen: Anti-insulin protein linked to 500% increase in longevity among ants

Black garden queen ant can produce one million eggs and live for 30 years, unlike her sterile worker sisters, who only have one year’s …

Mayurbhanj’s red ant chutney receives GI tag. Why this is important for nutritional security of tribals

Indigenous people of Mayurbhanj have been eking out a living by selling red weaver ants and chutney made with them

How many ants live on earth? At least 20,000,000,000,000,000

Total biomass of this species is about 12 million tonnes, while the combined biomass of wild mammals and birds is two million tonnes and seven …

Crazy ant gets a name

Species that gave pest exterminators a hard time identified

Ant’s invasion plan decoded

The fire ant first went to the US, then conquered the world

Tiny inspiration

Enzymes from leafcutter ant colonies to aid biofuel research

‘Treasure map’ of ants may help experts discover new species in India

New map created with machine learning predicts Western Ghats, Himalayas, North East India as hotspots for undiscovered ant species

Adivasis, Bengali Muslims worst hit by child malnutrition in Assam

Adivasis, Bengali Muslims worst hit by child malnutrition in Assam They have low access to nutritious food in spite of increase in number of …

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