Ants make up 1/10 of the total world animal tissue. The total biomass of all the ants on Earth is about equal to the total biomass of all the people. See more

Some birds have been know to put ants into their feathers because the ants squirt formic acid, which kills parasites. See more

The Slave-Maker ant is so named because it raids the nest of other ants and steals their pupae. Once the pupae hatch, they are made to work as slaves. See more

By combining force of numbers with organized aggression, ants have become the greatest insect killers on Earth -- even of their own kind. See more

Ants began farming about 50 million years before humans thought to raise their own crops. See more