A new study shows how ants grow huge colonies by choosing numbers over strength and relying on teamwork instead of tough bodies.

U.S. Virgin Islands Delegate Stacey Plaskett protested the nonvoting status of the Virgin Islands and other U.S. territories Friday— sparking mixed reactions after she accused the U.S. in House floor ...

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 ...

After a nearly three-year investigation by attorneys and investigators with the San Bernardino County District Attorney’s and state Attorney General’s offices, a Grand Jury in May 2011 indicted Rancho ...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos promotes O’Neill colonies as a viable solution to Earth’s resource limitations, envisioning vast space settlements that could accommodate a "trillion people" with access to ...

Playing dead is a common defense mechanism in the animal kingdom, but scientists in Australia have discovered an example on a whole new scale. Entire colonies of ants were found to be feigning death, ...

Satellite photos have revealed four emperor penguin colonies previously unknown to science. During winter, colonies of thousands of emperor penguins live and breed on the frozen sea ice clinging to ...

After hearing from dozens of viewers dealing with feral or stray cat colonies in their neighborhoods, we looked into what ...

The William Brown House, an elegant Georgian brick building built in the 1760s, sits on the banks of the South River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland. Now a museum, the house is the last visible ...

Jeff Bezos on Thursday restated his ambition to build floating space colonies where people could stay in orbit in excellent climates, with weather like "Maui on its best day, all year long." The ...