Carpenter ants like soft, wet wood. That’s where the “carpenter” comes from. They burrow intricate tunnels by chewing through the wood and leaving the residue behind as sand-sized particles.

The ants are a significant threat to the island’s endemic population of red crabs, displacing the crustaceans from their burrows or even killing them as they pass by ant nests during their ...

It turns out, all sorts of critters sneak inside fire ant nests. And while many of them are harmless, others are horrible house guests. For example, beetles burrow into the nest and devour the ...