inquilines do not produce worker offspring, but instead invest most of their energy into producing eggs that eventually develop into sexual forms. In the extreme case of the Swiss ant ...

A team of scientists set out to determine how many ants live on Earth at any given time. The answer is astounding, to say the ...

Ants are common insects, but they have some unique capabilities—including their legendary communication skills that allow their colonies to function as superorganisms. Invasive ant species are ...

The Ant King's transformation in Solo Leveling was an evolution focused on increasing speed and lethality. The Ant King's rapid evolution is possibly driven by a unique mix of genetic traits from ...

Ants serve as models in all kinds of studies ... The rest of the time, the queen's offspring all become nonbreeding females—a fierce sisterhood of near clones that patrol their colony's ...

After a single mating flight, where she stores sperm for life, the queen devotes herself to producing offspring. Her diet, mostly supplied by worker ants, includes sugars, proteins, and ...