Sprinkling cinnamon or diatomaceous earth around the plant bases can help keep ants away. These act as a natural ant ...

A fire ant colony, which consists of several nests, can contain up to 500,000 ants. They also are opportunistic foragers, more than willing to take human food garbage and other insects back to ...

To keep themselves and their nests clean, ants have evolved some interesting housekeeping strategies. Some types of ants actually have toilets — or at least something we might call toilets. Their ...

Rosenwald says there are over 25 different ant species in the United States. Each species has different preferences like how they forage for food or build their colonies and nests.

· Carpenter ants vary in size from ¼ to 1/2 inch; they do not eat wood like termites, but they will excavate damp wood in your house to create galleries where they nest. Another type of ant you ...