All some honeypot ants do is hang from the ceiling and eat what their sisters bring them. Their abdomens swell like balloons. These nectar chandeliers serve an important evolutionary purpose for the ...

Durango Public Library welcomed a new photo exhibit this month based on honeypot ant research completed by retired biology professor John Conway. The Durango resident spent his career teaching human ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

Honeypot ants stuff members of their own colony until they look like tiny water balloons. Deep in their underground nests, honeypot ants stuff members of their own colony until they look like golden ...

Honey pot ants have a unique means of surviving in the deserts where they live—they store excess food in the bodies of some of their workers. Honey pot workers gather food just like any other ant, ...

The nest locations of two ant species in the Colorado Desert are intraspecifically overdispersed. Intraspecific overdispersion has been thought to represent strong intraspecific competition. Here we ...