Researchers observed nests created by ants of the Lasius genus and found out how their members attack their own mothers due to chemical warfare.

Researchers have uncovered an unusual survival strategy in Iberian harvester ants that turns basic biology on its head: The queens can produce eggs that develop into two different ant species. A team ...

For some would-be ant queens, the easiest way to take over a colony is to dupe its worker ants into committing regicide.

Is it all in the hips? Scientists break down woodpeckers' head-hammering moves. Plus, what makes one ant a queen and another a worker?

Starting a colony is a dangerous enterprise - so some ants find creative and brutal techniques to take over other queens’ ...

Alex Wild has discovered new rodeo ants in, of course, Texas. The shiny little reddish Solenopsis ants grip tight and ride the backs of big queen ants of a different species. It’s not, however, just ...