My son Crosby went to a birthday party last weekend. Something I've noticed about birthday parties as of late is that the gift bags given to the children who attend the parties are often more ...

What does it take to elevate the common ant from picnic pest to household pet? To thousands of children and many adults, the answer is a bit of soil and a see-through enclosure that, in these modern ...

Despite the Xbox 360s, lifelike squawking hamsters and remote-controlled flying fairies now on the market, my 8-year-old daughter asked for just one thing last Christmas: an ant farm. I found that ...

Lori Borgman tries to resist chasing after the ants in her home with a bottle of bug spray I was suspicious the first time I saw them. But I slapped on a happy face and agreed to give them a chance.

Observing insect colonies in their natural state has always been a scientific interest for humans, whether it’s bees, butterflies or ants. A toy formicarium released in the 1950s helped bring ant ...

Ant farms were first invented as a way for researchers and scientists to study how ants behave and interact with each other, but it wasn’t long before they became popular educational toys. They’re ...