An ant colony is a population of ants, typically from a single species, capable of maintaining their complete lifecycle. Ant colonies are eusocial, communal...

In computer science and operations research, the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) is a probabilistic technique for solving computational problems...

ant (formally known as a gyne) is an adult, reproducing female ant in an ant colony; she is usually the mother of all the other ants in that colony....

SimAnt: The Electronic Ant Colony is a 1991 life simulation video game by Maxis and the company's third product, focusing on ants. It was designed by Will...

superorganisms because the ants appear to operate as a unified entity, collectively working together to support the colony. Ants have colonised almost every...

permanent nests; an army ant colony moves almost incessantly over the time it exists. All species are members of the true ant family, Formicidae, but several...

each colony's longevity. The necrotrophic parasitic fungus Escovopsis threatens the ants' food source and thus is a constant danger to the ants. The waste...

subset of the colony including queens, workers and brood (eggs, larvae and pupae) leave the main colony for an alternative nest site. Pharaoh ant colonies...

ant supercolony is an exceptionally large ant colony, consisting of a high number of spatially separated but socially connected nests of a single ant...

to start a new colony, or, in the case of honey bees, continue the succession of an existing hived colony. The winged version of ants and termites are...