During disease, ants rebuild their nests with new layouts that block contagion - offering new insights into how design can ...

When the COVID-19 pandemic struck, we had to completely reorganize our spaces to avoid close contact. Transparent barriers ...

As a camel spider attacks an ant colony, it does not eat them. Just why, then, does the camel spider work in quick order to ...

Did you know that scientists have made an exciting discovery about an ant species native to southern Europe? They recently discovered that Iberian harvester ant queens are able to produce offspring of ...

Can animals make clones of other species? A recent study found that a certain ant can Did you know that scientists have made an exciting discovery about an ant species native to southern Europe? They ...

The trajectory of life on Earth has always been predicated by genetic evolution, but two scientists from the University of Maine argue that culture is now the main force shaping our lives. A new study ...

Researchers discovered that Mediterranean ants are having babies that belong to a different species. Researchers observed queens of the Mediterranean harvester ant species Messor ibericus, left, ...

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 ...

Iberian harvester ant queens have a unique superpower: They can lay eggs that hatch into an entirely different species. This discovery, described in a new paper published September 3 in the journal ...

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species. These queen Iberian harvester ants (Messor ibericus) are ...

The authors do not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and have disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

Worker ants perform important tasks like gathering food, taking care of eggs and larvae and nest building. However, some species of ants cannot produce workers through reproductive means with their ...