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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

Bees, wasps, and ants belong to the order Hymenoptera. Bees feed on flowers; wasps hunt other insects; ants "feed on a whole variety of things," from flowers to dead animals, says University of ...