Enslaved Formica worker ants are more genetically and chemically diverse and less aggressive towards non-nest mates than free-living Formica ant colonies, according to a new study. Enslaved Formica ...

The reproductive monopoly of the ant queen is not as strong as is often thought. Dr. Heikki Helanterä and Prof. Lotta Sundström, biologists working at the University of Helsinki, Finland, investigated ...

In a story that took the world by storm, a downtrodden yet cunning, lower-class family infiltrates a wealthier neighborhood’s home. Then, all hell breaks loose. If this sounds like the setup of 2020’s ...

There is a species of ant that could be considered one of the most grotesque out there because of its unusual choice of home decor—the decapitated heads of their victims. Scientific studies have ...

Some ants are guilty of nepotism, Finnish researchers reported in Thursday’s issue of Nature. The scientists have discovered an ant species that ruthlessly favors its own relations in colonies ...

A STUDY similar to that reported recently 1 was made last summer into the response of worker ants (Formica fusca) to dead specimens of their own species. The results of this preliminary observation ...

Insect queens were thought to have an egg-laying monopoly, but nine wood ant species revealed widespread reproductive activity by worker ants. Genetic analysis showed that as many as one in four eggs ...