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

By Mongabay.com Queens of some ant species have evolved an unusually hostile mode for colony takeover: they infiltrate ...

Scientists document a new form of host manipulation where an invading, parasitic ant queen "tricks" ant workers into killing ...

While ant queen violence is well-known, scientists recently documented the first evidence of parasite-induced matricide ...

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

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

During the original queen’s downfall, the parasitic ant will even retreat and hide as the workers kill their leader. In some ...

Scientists discovered a parasitic ant queen that hacks colony odors to trigger queen murder, exposing a rare form of chemical manipulation.

Newly mated parasitic queen ants invade colonies and spray their victims with a chemical irritant that provokes the workers to kill their mother.

THIS is the remarkable moment a cunning ant manages to invade a nest and trick workers into killing the queen – only to take ...

Rebecca Trager meets a cross-disciplinary team investigating an ancient way to make yoghurt, which involved a trip to a tiny ...

Tawny crazy ants pick fights with fire ants and win, thanks to a previously unknown way of detoxifying fire ant venom. This detox trick could help explain why these crazy ants can vanquish the red ...