The swarm then wrapped itself around a pill weighing 2,000 times more than each individual robot, successfully transporting the payload across the liquid. This behavior mirrors how fire ants form ...

Scientists are increasingly studying how robot swarms can collectively achieve goals, drawing inspiration from ants that work together to bridge gaps or form rafts to survive floods. The ...

So what causes this simultaneous taking to the air, and is there really such a thing as flying ant day? Find out when and why ants grow wings and swarm. Flying ants are known as alates. In the UK, ...

European researchers in the I-SWARM project are hard at work developing small, autonomous robots that can work together and communicate to perform different functions. They successfully built two ...

Workers ants are always female. Ant colonies do not have leaders. They are an excellent example of collective behaviour and swarm intelligence, where individuals following relatively simple rules can ...

Spring weather is here to stay bringing a pesky, stinging insect with it. See what we know about the fire ant and how to ...

A historic season full of organizational firsts for the Greensboro Swarm ended on Tuesday afternoon, following a 120-110 ...