During the original queen’s downfall, the parasitic ant will even retreat and hide as the workers kill their leader. In some ...

Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing ...

This pattern deviated from previously known forms of parasitism in ant colonies, which typically had the invading queen ...

Even the earliest ants may have been social butterflies. Ants fossilized in 100-million-year-old amber have sensory equipment that suggests they had complex social lives similar to their modern-day ...

Following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world responded with public health measures, including nationwide lockdowns, social distancing measures, and travel restrictions. The idea was that ...

Ants react to social isolation in a similar way as do humans and other social mammals. A study by an Israeli-German research team has revealed alterations to the social and hygienic behavior of ants ...

Ants have social networks, and they exchange info through vomit. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Ants have social networks just ...

A sneaky, stealthy parasite queen can turn an ant colony against itself. Newly-mated queens of two parasitic ant species have ...

Ants provide ideal models to study social behavior, because each colony is comprised of thousands of individual sisters -- famously, the queen and all workers are female -- with nearly identical ...

Invasive tawny crazy ants have been wreaking havoc across the U.S. Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, disrupting ecosystems ...

Ants react to social isolation in a similar way as do humans and other social mammals. A study has revealed alterations to the social and hygienic behavior of ants that had been isolated from their ...