Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The parasitic queen (Lasius orientalis) accepted by the host workers (Lasius flavus) shortly after matricide was committed. Takku ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One Iberian harvester ant queen gave birth to two different species: an Iberian harvester male (left) and a Messor structor male. ...

Entomologist Jessica Purcell calls the learned behavior “a new height of exploitation” Getty Parasitic queen ants infiltrate rival ant colonies and trigger workers to kill their own queen The takeover ...

Scientists say they have for the first time unlocked how a parasitic ant uses chemical warfare to take over the nest of a different species, by tricking workers into an unlikely assassination. The ...

Temnothorax kinomurai queens survive by invading the nests of a related ant species and co-opting its workers.

Sick young ants release a smell to tell worker ants to destroy them to protect the colony from infection, scientists said Tuesday, adding that queens do not seem to commit this act of self-sacrifice.

Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing their queen mother. The invading ant integrates herself into the nest by ...

Ant species that evolved thinner shells traded individual armor protection for increases in colony size, enabling improved food gathering, task organization and defense, according to researchers from ...

Scientists studying the way ant colonies defend against disease have discovered a surprising strategy: Young ants who become terminally ill will send out an altruistic "kill me" signal for the worker ...