Abstract: Ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm is widely used in the instant delivery order scheduling because of its distributed computing capability. However, the order delivery efficiency ...

Flung prey can reach speeds of up to 14.4 feet per second, or a little less than ten miles per hour. An insect will land in ...

Scientists have discovered a “ballista spider” that builds a spring-powered silk trap designed specifically to catch aggressive green tree ants. The ant unknowingly triggers the mechanism itself, ...

A spider living in the rainforests of Queensland, Australia, builds a snare trap reminiscent of a Roman-era ballista weapon ...

Combining ideas inspired by ant colonies and flocks of birds may hold the key to unlocking more effective artificial ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ant hills spread quickly across lawns. A single colony can multiply into dozens within weeks, taking over large sections of your ...

Imagine trying to build a house without a blueprint, find a shortcut through an unfamiliar city without a map, or govern a large organisation with no leaders and no meetings. It sounds impossible. Yet ...

The Antscan database captures the tiny insects’ diversity and shows how the world’s living things could be rendered in three dimensions. By Ari Daniel Ari Daniel previously reported on a tropical ...

Life may look like a paradise for beetles living in ant colonies. Plump, wriggling ant larvae and helpless eggs sit waiting to be devoured, while hundreds of thousands of ants stand at the ready to ...

Ant pupae that are fatally sick don’t hide their condition; instead, they release a special scent that warns the rest of the colony. This signal prompts worker ants to open the pupae’s cocoons and ...

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

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