Many ants practice necrophoresis, which is where they remove the dead from their nest in order to avoid the spread of disease within the colony. Do ants bury their dead? Within an ant colony, workers have a set of different…

Ants do sleep, though it’s not quite in the same way we do. They take short power naps throughout the day at regular intervals. How long they sleep depends on the species and the type of ant. What is sleep?…

Ants do have brains, though they are very different from a human brain. As well as a brain within their heads, they have a series of ganglia running down their bodies that help control particular limbs. What is a brain?…

Ants do have eyes, however the number and their uses vary both between species and even between different individuals within a colony. Most species have a pair of compound eyes, while some species have additional simple eyes in the centre…

Ants do not have an endoskeleton, bones, instead, they have an exoskeleton. This is an external hard shell that supports and protects their muscles and organs. There are many advantages to this system, however, it also means that they need…