Premiering at the nonprofit Brooklyn artspace Pioneer Works is a compelling new tribute to the storied 1970s art collective Ant Farm and recent work by its offshoot, known as LST. The exhibition, on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ant farms make excellent gifts for kids—and even some adults—who are fascinated by bugs or biology. These low-maintenance ...

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 ...

File-This Feb. 28,2006 file photo shows Ants exploring the confines of an Uncle Milton Ant Farm toy at the family-owned Uncle Milton Industries office in Westlake Village, Calif. Ant farms, the narrow ...

Ah, the ant farm. It's somehow nice to know that in the age of apps and iPods, kids still like to watch colonies of ants fastidiously going about their daily business. The humble ant farm hasn't ...

Milton Levine, the novelty toy entrepreneur who dreamed up the hugely popular ant farm, has died at the age of 97. Uncle Milton's Ant Farm has sold more than 20 million copies. Host Melissa Block ...

One popular and unusual toy of old was a live ant farm. For just a few dollars, you could own a tank filled with actual ants and watch them establish their own colony. Ant farms were also popular in ...

Ant colonies are surprisingly complex and definitely worthy of scientific observation. This was the basic premise behind the original ant farms (antariums) introduced in the late 1950s. From ads in ...