To study immune priming in invertebrates, Swiss and Panamanian researchers chose two that have plenty of time to build immunity: Lasius niger (above) and Formica selysi ant queens, which may live ...

In the few weeks before the swarming event happens, you may see heaps of soil appearing above the nests. Ants live in a caste system, where individuals have specific jobs. The queen lays the eggs ...

Queen ants live far longer than their worker counterparts. The black garden ant queen has a lifespan of up to 15 years, while ...

Some creatures are willing to do anything to survive. Ants, in particular, do not hesitate to adopt radical behaviors to ensure the survival of their colony. But why do queens eat their own offspring?

A mother's love isn't necessarily universal across the animal kingdom, with some mothers even resorting to eating children who aren't quite up to scratch. Ant queens in colonies of black garden ...

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Ant mothers are the queens of tough love. They simply don't have time to coddle their sick young. If a newly hatched black garden ant is exposed to a pathogen, researchers in the US have found the ...

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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 ...

Ant queens eat their infected offspring at the first sign of illness and then recycle them into producing new eggs, a new study has revealed. The study, carried out by researchers at Oxford ...