Add repairman to the skills of ants. The super-strength and communicative power of ants are well documented. Ants can lift more than 100 times their body weight and correspond through pheromones and ...

Q: The arborvitae in the photo is on the south corner of my house and was planted about four years ago. In the winter it was wrapped in burlap, and weathered the previous years fine, but this year it ...

Although scientists have identified over 12,000 species of ants, you'll be relieved to know that only a few are likely to turn up in your house or garden. When you find these unwelcome invaders, ...

Carpenter ants often get the blame when a tree dies and thousands of the little scurriers are found running in and out the crime scene. The truth is they didn’t do it. The ants were just taking ...

Q: War rages quietly in my three apple trees. I have a beautiful, healthy army of ladybugs and nymphs trying to control the aphid population. I have tried the following to eliminate ants from climbing ...

Ants have been seen healing wounded trees in Panama—behavior that is believed to have never been observed before. When holes were drilled into Cecropia tree trunks, the ants emerged from their homes ...