https://www.pitara.com/tags/ants/Recent content in Ants on Pitara Kids NetworkHugoen-usSat, 13 Jun 2026 21:46:31 +0530https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-do-ants-walk-in-a-line/Thu, 07 Mar 2002 00:40:25 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/5ws-and-h/why-do-ants-walk-in-a-line/<p>When I woke up one summer morning, I noticed a string of dashes on my bedroom wall. The line ran from the ceiling to the wall behind my bed and then disappeared under it.</p> <p>As I watched, I saw one of the dashes move. It was a small red ant walking up the line. Soon, another one followed and then another, till it grew into an army of ants marching up the wall.</p> <p>I noticed that while walking in a line the ants were cleaning the wall paint underneath them and, in the process, making a path. And there is a very good reason for them walking in a line.</p>https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/planet-earth-for-kids/the-tiny-world-of-ants/Sat, 06 Mar 1999 03:06:29 +0000https://www.pitara.com/science-for-kids/planet-earth-for-kids/the-tiny-world-of-ants/<p>It is believed that ants evolved from wasps and have lived in the Earth for at least 100 million years. It is said that at any one time there are at least 1 quadrillion living ants on the Earth.</p> <p>Ants are no doubt the most successful of all social insects of Hymenoptera, an order that also includes wasps and bees. Ants are colony makers and their colonies may contain from a few to 20 million individuals. The ant family contains more than 4,500 described species that can be found in tropical or temperate areas of the world.</p>