A recent study from the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) reveals that, despite their outsized ecological impact, the diversity of ants in the American tropics and their behavior remain ...

Small changes in diet, exercise and sleep may extend life by a year when put into practice together, while making larger changes could provide more than nine additional years of life, according to a ...

Muscled-up movie great Arnold Schwarzenegger has got a “Crash Diet” for 2026 that he wants everyone to try — for at least one week. “I know, it’s shocking because we always tell you that those quick ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, enabling improved food gathering, task organization and defense, according to researchers from ...

Top ITV presenters Ant and Dec have signed on for another three years. The I’m a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! and Britain’s Got Talent hosts will have been on the network for 30 years by the time ...

The plant-focused portfolio diet has been shown to reduce the risks of cardiovascular disease. Here’s how it works. By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi Dr. David Jenkins, a professor of nutritional sciences ...

Q: I have leaf cutter ants attacking my crape myrtle for the fourth time. I’ve used poison at the entry to their nests, and it seems to work for two to three months. They really like this crape myrtle ...

A new exhibition at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn., gives visitors a whiff, from “chocolate-y” to stinky blue cheese. An acrobat ant tending a herd of sunflower aphids for honeydew.

For centuries we have believed that humans were unique in the ability to farm and cultivate food. However, it turns out that ants have been growing their own food well before humans ever planted a ...

Scientists at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama discovered that carrying oversized loads limits the ability to perceive the trail in leafcutter ants, akin to blind spots ...

Cortisol is a steroid hormone produced by the adrenal glands. It helps regulate the body’s response to stress and affects many systems, from metabolism to immune function. While short bursts of ...