"The ants are everywhere," one resident said, pointing to insects climbing up a door frame. "They are on my kid’s body and on their clothes." Another resident said they had been threatened with ...

With a staggering population of at least 20 quadrillion, ants are by far the most common insects on the planet today. They ...

This story appears in the November 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. Most animals seek shade when temperatures in the Sahara soar to 120 degrees Fahrenheit. Saharan silver ants seek ...