Australia's native ants do an incredible amount of environmental and agricultural heavy lifting. Here are 10 of our mighty little workers.

Aussies are being warned to keep an eye out for an invasive ant species as more than a dozen nests have reportedly been ...

Ecosystems can temporarily bounce back when common ant species disappear. Other species may step in to perform similar roles.

For decades, the Fleurieu Peninsula’s swamps were routinely drained. But as the region battles the driest conditions on ...

Strangely, sun spiders are known to kill, but not eat, ants. They dispatch the ants quickly, leaving piles of ant bodies ...

Australia's national science agency CSIRO and James Cook University, found the loss of dominant ant species was quickly compensated by rarer species, with other similar native ant species ...

Sun spiders can be found in deserts around the world, except in Antarctica and Australia ... mention the ants are likely red carpenter ants instead of fire ants. Both species are similar in ...

A majority of the insects you see in your garden don’t harm plants and are, in fact, “beneficials” because they benefit your ...